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respecter

respecter

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A person who treats people or things politely and with care
  • noun
  • /rɪˈspɛktər/
translation icon : respetador
  • God is no respecter of nations; he demands they bow to him and him alone.
  • respecter of persons

So she's, you know, socially awkward, you could say, not a respecter of persons, but a straight shooter, as we often say.

Examples

  • "Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons."

    Blog text (19)

  • And cultural citizenship is no respecter of narrow national, cultural or linguistic boundaries.

  • Death is no respecter of youth.

    Courageous (2011)

  • And God is no respecter of status, except the last shall be first.

    Miss Julie (2014)

  • Death is no respecter of age.

    Interview with the Vampire (1994)

  • Death is no respecter of persons.

    Courageous (2011)

  • The first of these is that God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10).

    Blog text (1)

  • Grannies are no respecter of race, creed or sex.

    And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

  • They work because they must, they smile when they feel like it... and they're no respecters of persons.

    Black Narcissus (1947)

  • Death is no respecter of age, as it comes for everyone regardless of how old they are.

Synonyms

venerator
vsrespecter
9.9

A person who feels deep respect for someone or something

shows respect in a general, impartial way rather than deep reverence

Surface Forms

respecter singular
respecters plural

Morphology

respecter = respect (transparent) = respect + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'respect' yields a straightforward 'person who respects', a regular and predictable formation.

Etymology

Respecter comes from respect, which comes from Latin words meaning 'to look'. The root spect means 'to look', as in inspect. So a respecter is simply 'one who shows respect', and in the phrase 'no respecter of' it means someone or something that does not give special treatment to anyone.