Sentence:  He might be assimilated to a madman, but the honourable Gentleman himself was an <WSD>abhorrer</WSD>, and an <WSD>abhorrer</WSD> could not reason. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A nickname given in the early 17th century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II. (Early 17th century.)<ref name=SOED/>