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nonswearer

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ swearer.

Noun

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nonswearer (plural nonswearers)

  1. One who does not swear.
    • 2005, Ruth Wajnryb, Expletive Deleted: A Good Look at Bad Language, page 146:
      Three of the group were considered nonswearers. The others' swearing tended to be blasphemous rather than obscene, a fact that could be attributed partly to their middle-class background and partly to the mixed gender company.