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defier

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de·fi·er  (d-fr)
n.
One that defies: a staunch defier of tradition.
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But where it departs from the Calvinistic Christianity and exhibits him as the defier of Jove, it represents a state of mind which readily appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude, objective form, and which seems the self-defence of man against this untruth, namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God exists, and a feeling that the obligation of reverence is onerous.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
My first feeling of fear had passed away, and I thrilled now with a keener zest than I had ever enjoyed when we were the defenders of the law instead of its defiers.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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