"downplayer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: downplayers [plural]
Etymology: From downplay + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|downplay|er|id2=agent noun}} downplay + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} downplayer (plural downplayers)
  1. One who, or that which, downplays.

Inflected forms

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