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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OPPO'SER, n.
1. One that opposes; an opponent in party, in principle, in controversy or argument. We speak of the opposers of public measures; the opposers of ecclesiastical discipline; an opposer of christianity or of orthodoxy.
2. One who acts in opposition; one who resists; as an opposer of law or of the execution of law.
3. An antagonist; an adversary; an enemy; a rival.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist]

Merriam Webster's

noun see oppose

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Opposer Op*pos"er, n. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

Moby Thesaurus

adversary, antagonist, anti, bitter-ender, brawler, con, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigant, match, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, oppositionist, oppugnant, plaintiff, protester, quarreler, resister, scrapper, wrangler