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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pre·vent·er n.
 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.]
 2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
 3. Naut. An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
 Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates Naut., fixtures connected with preventers to reënforce other rigging.
 Preventer stay. Naut. Same as Preventer, 3.
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