Definition of Engrosser

1. n. One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

Definition of Engrosser

1. Noun. One who copies a piece of writing in large, attractive characters. ¹

2. Noun. One who takes the whole; a purchaser of such quantities in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Engrosser

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Engrosser

engravings
engreaten
engreatened
engreatening
engreatens
engrieve
engrieved
engrieves
engrieving
engroove
engrooved
engrooves
engross
engross'd
engrossed
engrosser (current term)
engrossers
engrosses
engrossest
engrosseth
engrossing
engrossingly
engrossment
engrossments
engs
enguard
enguarded
enguarding
enguards
engulf

Literary usage of Engrosser

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

1. English Economic History: Select Documents edited by Alfred Edward Bland (1919)
"JUDGMENT IN THE STAR CHAMBER AGAINST AN engrosser OF CORN [Camden Society. Cases in the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission, edited by SR Gardiner], ..."

2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"(Canterbury), n. 201. Groser.—Occup. ' the grocer,' an engrosser, a wholesale dealer, as distinct from ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"It was enacted by Edward VI. that " whoever should buy porn with an intent to sell it again should be reputed an unlawful engrosser." For the first offence, ..."

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