Bible Dictionaries
Preventer

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.

(2):

(n.) One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.

(3):

(n.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Preventer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/preventer.html. 1828.