See Also: persuader(dictionary)

persuader (iou)



persuader noun. Also perswader. M16.
[from PERSUADE + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which persuades someone. M16.
A thing used to compel submission or obedience, esp. a gun or other weapon. slang. L18.
Television. An electrode in an image orthicon camera tube which deflects the returning beam of scanning electrons into the electron multiplier. Freq. attrib. M20.