dispreader
dispreader noun: someone who spreads or propagates.
Noun
dispreader (plural dispreaders)
- Someone who spreads or propagates.
- Joſeph of Arimathea, richer in grace than wealth, and a great diſpreader of the Goſpel, and (as many ancient Writers report) the firſt planter of Chriſtian Rehbgion in this Iſland, yet till Chriſts death had ſmall courage to profeſſe him; […]1618 December 15 (Gregorian calendar), Daniel Featley, “The Smoaking Flaxe. A Sermon Preached at Lambeth before His Grace, the Lord Bishop of London, […]”, in Clavis Mystica: A Key Opening Divers...
- Beſides another inconvenience, if learned Men be the firſt receivers out of Books, and diſpreaders both of vice and error, how ſhall the Licenſers themſelves be confided in, unleſs we can confer upon them, or they aſſume to themſelves above all others in the Land, the grace of infallibility, and...1738, “Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicens’d Printing, to the Parlament of England”, in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton: […]...
Forms of dispreader
| plural | dispreaders |
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Origin of dispreader
From dispread + -er.
Questions about dispreader
- What does dispreader mean?
- Dispreader means someone who spreads or propagates.
- What part of speech is dispreader?
- Dispreader is a noun.
- What is the plural of dispreader?
- The plural of dispreader is dispreaders.
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