Bringer
//ˈbɹɪŋɚ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person or a thing which brings something.
"Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news / Hath but a losing office."
- 2 Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment. historical, specifically
"Hancox's recruitment would have gone something like this. In Conventry, where he may have been selling food or livestock at the town's market, he would have been intrigued by the recruiting party, especially the 'bringer', usually a sergeant, no doubt a tall man in scarlet with gold stripes on his sleeve."
Example
More examples"Young Americans today know the U.S. military isn't a bringer of peace, justice, and democracy."
Etymology
From bring + -er.
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