- last-ditcher
- last-ditch·er
English syllables. 2014.
last-ditcher
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last-ditcher — ˈ ̷ ̷ˈdichə(r) noun Etymology: last ditch + er : a person ready to fight to the end : an irreconcilable combatant … Useful english dictionary
last-ditch — last ditcher, n. /last ditch , lahst /, adj. 1. done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last ditch attempt to avert war. 2. fought with every resource at one s command: a last ditch battle for the pennant. [1905… … Universalium
Ditcher — The Ditchers were so called because they were prepared to stand in a last ditch attempt against the Liberal government reforms to the constitution. Many of the nobility were determined to prevent David Lloyd George introducing the Parliament Act… … Wikipedia
ass — Synonyms and related words: Rocky Mountain canary, Siberian husky, act of love, adultery, aphrodisia, arse, balling, beast of burden, bigot, bitter ender, born fool, buffoon, bullethead, bum, burro, camel, can, carnal knowledge, cheeks, climax,… … Moby Thesaurus
bigot — Synonyms and related words: Anglophobe, Russophobe, approver, ass, bitter ender, bug, bullethead, chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist, dogmatizer, donkey, fanatic, fiend, freak, hardnose, hater, illiberal, infallibilist, intolerant,… … Moby Thesaurus
brawler — Synonyms and related words: agitator, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bitter ender, blade, bravo, bully, bullyboy, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, duelist,… … Moby Thesaurus
defendant — Synonyms and related words: accessory, accused, bitter ender, brawler, correspondent, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last ditcher, libelee, litigant, litigationist, litigator, naysayer, negativist,… … Moby Thesaurus
diehard — Synonyms and related words: Bircher, Bourbon, Tory, ass, bigot, bitter ender, brawler, bullethead, conservationist, conservatist, conservative, defendant, disputant, dissentient, dissident, dogmatist, donkey, extreme right winger, fanatic, fogy,… … Moby Thesaurus
disputant — Synonyms and related words: Philadelphia lawyer, apologist, arguer, argufier, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bitter ender, blade, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, casuist, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant,… … Moby Thesaurus
dissident — Synonyms and related words: alienated, antagonistic, antiestablishment, antipathetic, apostate, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at odds with, at variance, at variance with, at war, bitter ender, brawler, breakaway, clashing, colliding … Moby Thesaurus
