diminisher

English

Etymology

diminish +‎ -er

Noun

diminisher (plural diminishers)

1. One who, or that which, diminishes something.
   • 1633, Peter Charro, translated by Samson Lennard, Of Wisdome:

     But there is yet that which is worſe, the ſpirit of man is not only a diminiſher of his ioy.

   • 1801, Adam Anderson, William Combe, An historical and chronological deduction of the origin of commerce:

     They were also employed in coining of our money; but were accused of being likewise great clippers or diminishers of it, although strongly recommended to our Kings by the Popes, as may be supposed, for their own ends.

Anagrams

• rediminish