noun

• A person who has a high regard for someone or something.

  ‘I'm always a respecter of the office of the presidency, but not necessarily of the president’

  More example sentences

  • ‘New communication media are always disruptive, and are no respecters of the established order.’
  • ‘They were not respecters of power and position.’
  • ‘As respecters of rules and regulations they also expected their politicians to say what they mean, and deliver on their promises.’
  • ‘The property was derelict, and the cows, mostly rejects from other herds, were no respecters of finely-nuanced sophistry.’
  • ‘Events of this kind are no respecters of scale or boundaries.’
  • ‘Given that birds are no respecters of borders, the risk of bird flu crossing into this country is considerable.’
  • ‘National economies and the hard facts of life are no respecters of dogma.’
  • ‘And who are the best golfers, the most assiduous respecters of the rules and spirit of the game?’
  • ‘In fact, like cancer, it can affect anyone - it is no respecter of age, creed or background.’
  • ‘Patients with HIV often progress to full-blown Aids, which is still incurable and is no respecter of age or sexual orientation.’
  • ‘Unfortunately, historical reality is no respecter of conventional wisdom and often requires it to change course if calamity is to be avoided.’
  • ‘Progress, however, is no great respecter of tranquillity.’
  • ‘This is in recognition of the fact that wildlife is no respecter of territorial lines covenanted between men.’
  • ‘He may not have been a great respecter of the institution of marriage, but he lived his life by a code of honour that gave the highest place to patriotism and duty.’
  • ‘There are no pre-determined outcomes and knowledge is no respecter of any prejudices or individual sensibilities.’
  • ‘It is wonderful for keeping in touch with friends and family, being no respecter of borders or time zones.’
  • ‘‘Migratory birds are no respecters of international boundaries and their future is linked to concerted global actions to tackle climate change,’ he said.’
  • ‘River floods are respecters of neither wealth nor status, and both developed and developing countries have been severely afflicted in recent years, across every continent.’
  • ‘But as warfare became more professional and since guns were no respecters of persons, royal valour diminished in importance.’
  • ‘Family violence is no respecter of race, class, or religion.’