abhorrer

1. (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.Examples: "Pretty much as Lincoln is thus supposed to arise out of the word fleas, so (according to Rapin) do the words Whig and Tory arise out of addresser and abhorrer[…]"; "Whether “Petitioner” or “Abhorrer”, his opinion was asked and use of his undistinguished name was requested […]"; "He might be assimilated to a madman, but the honourable Gentleman himself was an abhorrer, and an abhorrer could not reason."capitalizedhistoricalsometimes