Definition of Figurers

1. figurer [n] - See also: figurer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Figurers

figure poem
figure skate
figure skater
figure skaters
figure skating
figure space
figured
figured-fabric loom
figured out
figuredly
figurehead
figureheads
figureless
figurer
figurers (current term)
figures
figures of merit
figures of speech
figures out
figurial
figurine
figurines
figuring
figuring out
figurist
figurists
figwort
figwort family
figworts

Literary usage of Figurers

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

1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1892)
"... we must have figurers who will do correct work. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT : Is there any further discussion upon the report of that committee ? ..."

2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"Wit, wisdom and poetry are the only trans- figurers. Shakespeare, of course, had certainly for canvas Lodge's ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Ucber die Wirkung der Flüsse auf die Gestalt und Beschaffenheit der Erdoberfläche (Mit 4 figurers). Von E. Bunker. A contribution to the discussion of the ..."

4. The Constitutional and Political History of the United States by Hermann Von Holst, John Joseph Lalor, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1885)
"... not because they were conscious of greater and more devoted fidelity to principle, but because of their deeper insight as political figurers. ..."

5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"... roubles, Francisconi, Testoni, lires, groschen, kreutzers, kopecks, leptos, custom-house figurers, and money-changers ? ..."

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