gainspeaker

noun

gainspeaker

noun

Etymology From gain- + speaker.

1

No plural, Obsolete A gainsayer; opponent.

To this was appended "A Brief Rehearsal of the Belief of the Good-willing in England which are named the Family of Love, With the Confession of their upright Christian Religion against the false Accusation of their Gain-speakers."1575, Strype, Annals:

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