respecter

[ ri-spek-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

someone or something that is influenced by the social standing, importance, power, or any deterrent put forth by persons or things (used chiefly in negative constructions):
Death is no respecter of wealth.

First recorded in 1605–15; respect + -er ¹

Conventional, polite, considerate, and a great respecter of persons in authority was the Chinese sage.

Mammy Gobo was no respecter of persons, and I was glad to find that she attended on Tom with as much care as she had done on me.

A democracy is no respecter of persons and can, under its dogma of equality before the law, admit of no exceptions.

The men feared him, for he was strict and was no respecter of persons; but they loved him too, for he was always just.

This truth is an integral part of the cosmos, from which there is no appeal; no reprieve; no immunity, no "respecter of persons."

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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