[f. AFFRONT v. + -ER1.]
† 1. One who impudently deceives; a pretender. [Cf. mod. Fr. affronteur.]
1598. Florio, Cantonière, a cozener, a conycatcher, a deceiuer, an affronter.
1631. Massinger, Beleeve as You List, III. ii. Must I, because you say soe, Beleeve that this most miserable kinge is A false affronter?
2. One who affronts, or insults to the face.
1654. Gayton, Festiv. Notes, IV. xxv. 283. And shee reveng’d th’ affronter with a prong.
1833. [See AFFRONTEE.]
