- (n.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
- (n.) One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
- (n.) One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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