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HESITATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hesitater mean?
• HESITATER (noun)
The noun HESITATER has 1 sense:
1. one who hesitates (usually out of fear)
Familiarity information: HESITATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One who hesitates (usually out of fear)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hesitater; hesitator; vacillator; waverer
Hypernyms ("hesitater" is a kind of...):
coward (a person who shows fear or timidity)
Derivation:
hesitate (pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness)
hesitate (interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing)
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