Eschewer

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Es`chew´er

n. 1. One who eschews.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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As you have taken up the cross, and become a follower of good and an eschewer of evil, I trust I shall see you before the altar, with a contrite heart and a meek spirit."

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A spelunker of quizzical caves, toppler of mediocrity and eschewer of mores, journalist-hedonist Dar was born and raised on Staten Island.

Dar Dowling

For Francis Norton, herbal tea aficionado and eschewer of Class A drugs: a PG Tips gift pack, to avoid further confusion, and a pint of gold top, to commemorate the way he and his solicitor managed to milk the Portman Square legal system.

Peter Thomas Column: Now, what's in my sack for little John Magnier..?; For Howard Johnson, County Durham trainer: Bugger all. He doesn't need any more Christmas presents after business tycoon Graham Wylie came down his chimney