Now rare. [f. FORSAKE v. + -ER1.] One who forsakes.
1382. Wyclif, Isa. xxx. 1. Wo! ȝee sonus forsakeres, seith the Lord.
1507[?]. Communyc. (W. de W.), B ij.
| To tryfles haue I ben a great hede taker | |
| A songe of sorowe maye I synge | |
| For had I ben of synne a forsaker | |
| Of cryste sholde I haue ben some knowynge. |
1689. Def. Liberty agst. Tyrants, 139. If they dissemble, they may justly be called forsakers and traytors.
1821. Examiner, 803/2. The faithless forsakers of Parga.
1879. Geo. Eliot, Theo. Such, ix. 159. In this sort of love it is the forsaker who has the melancholy lot; for an abandoned belief may be more effectively vengeful than Dido.
