ruiner

noun

ruiner

noun

Etymology From ruin + -er.

1

Someone who ruins.

  • There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
Synonyms
destroyer, wrecker
Antonyms
founder, builder, constructor, producer

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