gainspeaker
English
Alternative forms
- gain-speaker
Etymology
From gain- + speaker.
Noun
gainspeaker (plural not attested)
- (obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.
- 1575, Strype, Annals:
- To this was appended "A Brief Rehearsal of the Belief of the Good-willing in England which are named the Family of Love, With the Confession of their upright Christian Religion against the false Accusation of their Gain-speakers."
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