underminer

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNDERMI'NER, noun 1. One that saps, or excavates the earth beneath any thing. 2. One that clandestinely removes the foundation or support; one that secretly overthrows; as an underminer of the church.
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