antedater

noun

antedater

noun

Etymology From antedate + -er.

1

One who antedates something.

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.2017, Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, page 195:

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