withstander

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noun

Plural noun:

withstanders

1.
A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
The ordinary theme and argument of history is war; which may be defined the exercise of violence under sovereign command against withstanders; force, authority, and resistance, being the essential parts thereof.

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From Middle English withstonder, equivalent to withstand + -er.