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persuader Definition

per·suader (-swā′dər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that persuades
  2. Informal something used to intimidate or deter, as a weapon or punishment

persuader Usage Examples

Converse of object

become: Attendances dwindle, young people don't join, union leaders become persuaders on salaries way above their members.

Preposition: for

unity: Major refused to act as a persuader for Irish unity.

Adjective modifier

  • hidden: Those of us who were the hidden persuaders are now the revealed in all our manipulative ugliness.
  • powerful: Children can be powerful persuaders and parents will often attend if their children have made the case.
  • effective: The knowledge that one will be caught is the most effective persuader.
  • able: He has lacked a turn of fot in the closing stages but this may be easier and Tony McCoy can prove an able persuader.