antedater

antedater

English

Etymology

antedate +‎ -er

Noun

antedater (plural antedaters)

1. One who antedates something.
   • 2017, Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (page 195)

     This is the bit that frustrates antedaters: earlier evidence may be rejected if it doesn't seem to clearly and completely fit the earliest given sense.