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Paul_RK · 15th Oct 2018, 8:59 pm

Any excuse suffices to send me trotting up to the landing to consult a volume of the OED, where "rejecter", meaning somebody who rejects, is traced back to 1570. The alternative "rejector" with the same meaning is first recorded in 1752, and is always employed for the electronic circuit, where the earliest quotes supplied are from a Wireless World article in July 1923.

Paul

15th Oct 2018, 8:59 pm	#10
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,255	Re: Rejector or rejecter? Any excuse suffices to send me trotting up to the landing to consult a volume of the OED, where "rejecter", meaning somebody who rejects, is traced back to 1570. The alternative "rejector" with the same meaning is first recorded in 1752, and is always employed for the electronic circuit, where the earliest quotes supplied are from a Wireless World article in July 1923. Paul