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heartener

heartener noun: one who, or that which, heartens or animates.

Noun

heartener (plural hearteners)

  1. One who, or that which, heartens or animates.
    • But as a coward's heartener in war, / The stirring drum, keeps lesser noise from far […]1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals

Forms of heartener

pluralhearteners

Origin of heartener

From hearten + -er.

Questions about heartener

What does heartener mean?
Heartener means one who, or that which, heartens or animates.
What part of speech is heartener?
Heartener is a noun.
What is the plural of heartener?
The plural of heartener is hearteners.

Words near heartener in the dictionary

  1. heartedly
  2. heartedness
  3. heartednesses
  4. hearten
  5. heartened
  6. heartener
  7. hearteners
  8. heartenest
  9. hearteneth
  10. heartening
  11. hearteningly

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