favorer
favorer noun: one who favors.
Noun
favorer (plural favorers)
- One who favors.
- Of personage hee was tall and mightie […], in wit & memorie verie perfect: of suche maiestie tempered with humanitie, as best became so noble & high an estate: a great fauorer of learning, as he that was not ignorant of good letters himselfe, and for his greate magnificence and liberalitie, his...1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 1612
- […] by the semblance
Of their white flags display’d, they bring us peace,
And come to us as favourers, not as foes.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...
Synonyms of favorer
Forms of favorer
| plural | favorers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | favourer |
Origin of favorer
From Middle English favourer, favourere; equivalent to favor + -er.
Questions about favorer
- What does favorer mean?
- Favorer means one who favors.
- What part of speech is favorer?
- Favorer is a noun.
- What is the plural of favorer?
- The plural of favorer is favorers.
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