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compasser

compasser noun: one who or that which compasses.

Noun

compasser (plural compassers)

  1. One who or that which compasses.
    • If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?1866, Henry Smith, Thomas Fuller, The Sermons of Mr. Henry Smith, page 37

Forms of compasser

pluralcompassers

Origin of compasser

From compass + -er.

Questions about compasser

What does compasser mean?
Compasser means one who or that which compasses.
What part of speech is compasser?
Compasser is a noun.
What is the plural of compasser?
The plural of compasser is compassers.

Words near compasser in the dictionary

  1. compassable
  2. compasse
  3. compassed
  4. compassed out
  5. compassedst
  6. compasser
  7. compassers
  8. compasses
  9. compasses out
  10. compassest
  11. compasseth

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