[f. AVERT v. + -ER1.] He who or that which averts, or turns aside.

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1621.  Burton, Anat. Mel., II. v. I. iv. Averters and purgers … to divert this rebellious humour and turn it another way.

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1875.  Farrar, Seekers, II. v. 248. The averters of evil.

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