A person who openly resists or refuses to obey someone or something.
From defy (from Old French defier, meaning to renounce or challenge) + -er (one who does). The root connects to feudal language about renouncing loyalty.
Defiers of unjust laws—from Rosa Parks to whistleblowers—often become history's heroes, showing that sometimes the rule-breakers are actually the ones with the strongest principles!
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