Word Meanings - ANTIRENTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

Related words: (words related to ANTIRENTER)

• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• LANDSTHING
  See BELOW
• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• LANDSKIP
  A landscape. Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton.
• PATROONSHIP
  The office of a patroon. Irving.
• OPPOSITIONIST
  One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
• LANDSMAN
  A sailor on his first voyage. (more info) 1. One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.
• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• STATE SOCIALISM
  A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to
• OPPOSITIVE
  Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
• OPPOSELESS
  Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
• STATECRAFT
  The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
• OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
  Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
• STATESWOMAN
  A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson.
• STATESMANLY
  Becoming a statesman.
• STATESMAN
  1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light
• LANDSCAPE
  land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. 2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual
• CLAIMABLE
  Capable of being claimed.
• CERTAINTY
  Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• UNRESISTANCE
  Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.
• REPAYMENT
  1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor. 2. The money or other thing repaid.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• RECLAIMABLE
  That may be reclaimed.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• COWPER'S GLANDS
  Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
• SPATHOSE
  See SPATHIC
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• KATASTATE
  A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
• BAYOU STATE
  Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• REESTATE
  To reëstablish. Walis.
• RECLAIMER
  One who reclaims.