nullifier
Example Sentences
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No amount of memories, mutual love or money owed should obscure the clarity of dire results: Twenty straight losses are the ultimate nullifier.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
Upon that speech, Mr. Walker became the Union candidate for Senator of the United States from Mississippi against Mr. Poindexter, a Calhoun nullifier and secessionist.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
In the list one notes with interest the names of General Thomas Cadwalader of Philadelphia, salaried lobbyist for the United States Bank, and Senator Robert Y. Hayne, the future South Carolina nullifier.
From The Reign of Andrew Jackson by Frederic Austin Ogg
His attitude toward them, his association with the nullifier Presson had suggested that he intended to carry out the usual "let it alone" programme.
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Holman Day
Their first public display was the celebration of Washington's birthday; but the most intense nullifier could raise no objection to this.
From General Scott by Marcus Joseph Wright
