Acclaimer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who acclaims.; One who salutes or praises with great approval.
"[…] the voices of thousands of spectators pealing in thunder from the rocks on which their dark and crowded masses rested […] sent forth a shout of mingled triumph on their appearance and approbation of their cause; and its echoes continued to roll round the hills long after the lips of the acclaimers were closed […]"
- 2 One who acclaims.; One who claims something. Early, Modern, Scotland, obsolete
"All our Dispute, is, what Companie, of so manie Acclaimers, is the true Church of CHRIST."
Example
More examples"[…] the voices of thousands of spectators pealing in thunder from the rocks on which their dark and crowded masses rested […] sent forth a shout of mingled triumph on their appearance and approbation of their cause; and its echoes continued to roll round the hills long after the lips of the acclaimers were closed […]"
Etymology
From acclaim + -er.
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