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Waverer

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person who wavers.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who or that which wavers or fluctuates; especially, a person who vacillates or is undecided in mind.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one who hesitates (usually out of fear)

Word Usage

"-- to be sure; most respectable man, capital fellow, the best parson in the county, -- no cant, but thoroughly orthodox; he certainly keeps in his brother, who, though a very active member, is what I call a waverer on certain questions."

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