objector
nounUS /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
Etymology Partly from Latin obiector and partly from object + -or.
1
A person who objects to something.
- "It would be amusing, sir, to shut these various objectors up in a room and let them settle it among themselves."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- The Fife County Council, and other objectors, were successful in July [1950] in obtaining an interim interdict against this decision, but the Court of Session withdrew the interdict in January, and it was then stated that a civil court had no jurisdiction in the matter.1951 April, “Notes and News: North Fife Line, Scotland”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:
1 more example
- But almost always such words are irreversibly established before the objectors learn of their existence, and the objections are hardly more than academic exercises.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 112:
- Derived terms
- conscientious objector, objectress
- Related terms
- objection