"antedater" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "antedate + -er",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2017, Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, page 195",
          "text": "This is the bit that frustrates antedaters: earlier evidence may be rejected if it doesn't seem to clearly and completely fit the earliest given sense.",
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        "One who antedates something."
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