Also 7 smootherer. [f. SMOTHER v. + -ER1.] One who or that which smothers.
1648. Hexham, II. Een Smoorder, a Smootherer, or a Sweater out.
1687. in Miége, Gt. Fr. Dict., II.
1897. Columbus Dispatch, 20 Nov., 4/1. There is but one course … and that is to call upon the smotherers of the protest and petition for an explanation.
