Definition of Avower

1. Noun. Someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly.

Generic synonyms: Communicator
Derivative terms: Avow

2. Noun. Someone who claims to speak the truth. "An avower of his own great intelligence"
Exact synonyms: Affirmer, Asserter, Asseverator, Declarer
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Postulator
Derivative terms: Affirm, Assert, Asseverate, Avow, Declare

Definition of Avower

1. n. One who avows or asserts.

Definition of Avower

1. Noun. A person who avows ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avower

1. one that avows [n -S] - See also: avows

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avower

avowable
avowableness
avowably
avowal
avowals
avowance
avowances
avowant
avowants
avowed
avowed(a)
avowedly
avowedness
avowee
avowees
avower (current term)
avowers
avowing
avowries
avowry
avows
avowtries
avowtry
avoyer
avoyers
avulse
avulsed
avulsed wound
avulses
avulsing

Literary usage of Avower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Egerton Papers: A Collection of Public and Private Documents, Chiefly by Francis Egerton Ellesmere, John Payne Collier (1840)
"Provided alwayes, that they prove their intention and claime eyther by sufficient bond in writing, or by a lawfull avower of the opposite nation, ..."

2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... d'avower sur le tenant a terme de vie,) £c. yet the whole entire tenement ... d'avower—d' ..."

3. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"avower, ». celui qui avoue, confesse, apologiste. ... a bold avower of his own virtues, Virgile fait d'Enée le primeur de ses propres vertu.-». ..."

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