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preferrers

preferrers is the plural of preferrer.

Meaning of preferrer

Noun

preferrer (plural preferrers)

  1. A person who likes one thing more than another; a person who favours something.
    • a preferrer of red wine
  2. (obsolete) A person who advances or promotes someone or something.
    • I cannot nor ought nor, except I would bee noted not onely ingrate to your royall person beyng my patrone & preferrer, but also a neglecter of my dutye, a secrete mummer of suche thynges whiche touche both the inheritance of your croune & the honor of your realme ether holde my peace or kepe...1548, Edward Hall, “The Victorious Actes of Kyng Henry the Fifth, The Seconde Yere”, in The vnion of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and Yorke, London
  3. A person who presents or submits something to an authority.
    • It [an Enditement] differeth from an Accusation in this, that the preferrer of the Bill is no way tyed to the proofe thereof vpon any penalty, if it be not proued, except there appeare conspiracy.1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter, Cambridge

Questions about preferrers

What is preferrers the plural of?
Preferrers is the plural of preferrer.

Words near preferrers in the dictionary

  1. preferred stocks
  2. preferredly
  3. preferredness
  4. preferreds
  5. preferrer
  6. preferrers
  7. preferres
  8. preferrest
  9. preferreth
  10. preferring
  11. preferrings

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