n agent noun |
Agent noun of
abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something they enjoy, such as the use of
intoxicating liquors, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
(defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)[(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =9| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)]