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One who, or that which, limits or restrains.

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  1. n. One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
  2. n. One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.
  3. One who, or that which, limits or restrains. One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.] Bacon. Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.