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Definition: Persuader |
PersuaderNoun1. Someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "persuader" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A common term for crowbar, lever, or some such article used as a manualaid in moving heavy objects. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PersuaderSynonym: inducer (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Persuader |
| Non-English Usage: "Persuader" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (argue, bring, convince, induce, persuade, talk around). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | But sooner or later that gentle persuader (Love will turn; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Persuader (1957) | |
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Books | |
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| "Persuader" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Persuader" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
persuader | 48 |
mossberg persuader | 5 |
hidden persuader | 4 |
archive persuader | 3 |
500 mossberg persuader | 3 |
persuader spanked | 2 |
mp3 persuader | 2 |
car persuader | 2 |
persuader the 4 | 2 |
knife persuader | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "persuader"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që i mbush mendjen, që bind. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متأكد (certain, clear), إنسان مقنع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | рекламна литература, лице което скланя, предмет който скланя. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | persuasif (persuasive), tourniquet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Überredungsmittel, überredungskünstlerin, überredungskünstler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πείθων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שדלן (lobbyist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rábeszélõ személy, rábeszélõ (persuasive), meggyõzõ személy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 설득자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ersuaderpay levar a crer. (various references) увещеватель, убеждающий. (various references) podstrekač (aggressor, fire brand, firebrand, incendiary, stirrer-up), nagovarač (inducer). (various references) persuasor, persuadidor. (various references) frestare (tempter), övertalningsmedel, övertalare. (various references) tabanca (colt, equalizer, gat, gun, heater, peashooter, pistol, pop, revolver, rod), inandırıcı kimse, ikna edici tip (mind-bender). (various references) майстер умовляти. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "persuader": persuaders. (additional references) | |
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"Persuader" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: persiader, persuave, persude, perswade, pursaude, pursuade. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "persuader" (pronounced 'Per*suad"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-p-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: perdures, persuade, respread, spreader, upreared. | |
-2 letters: drapers, erasure, parures, perdues, perdure, perused, peruser, readers, reapers, redears, rereads, respade, sparred, speared, spearer, spurred, supered, uprears. | |
-3 letters: darers, dearer, draper, drapes, drears, drupes, dupers, durras, erased, eraser, padres, pardee, parers, pareus, parred, parsed, parser, parure, paused, pauser, perdue, perdus, peruse, pesade, prudes, purdas, pureed, purees. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-p-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: departures, persuaders. | |
+2 letters: premeasured, repurchased, superharden. | |
+3 letters: overpersuade, prepurchased, supercharged, superhardens. | |
+4 letters: overpersuaded, overpersuades, peradventures, predepartures, supercalender, superhardened, superordinate, understrapper. | |
+5 letters: daguerreotypes, distemperature, overpersuading, perpendiculars, supercalenders, superhardening, supersaturated, understrappers, unpreparedness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 73 75 61 64 65 72 |
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