Definition of Surpriser

1. Noun. A captor who uses surprise to capture the victim.

Generic synonyms: Captor, Capturer
Derivative terms: Surprise

Definition of Surpriser

1. n. One who surprises.

Definition of Surpriser

1. Noun. someone who surprises ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Surpriser

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surpriser

surprint
surprinted
surprinting
surprints
surpris'd
surprisable
surprisal
surprisals
surprise
surprise attack
surprise party
surprise surprise
surprised
surprisedly
surpriser (current term)
surprisers
surprises
surprising
surprisingly
surprisingness
surprize
surprized
surprizes
surprizing
surquedry
surquedy
surra
surras
surreal

Literary usage of Surpriser

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

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... informed me that they were not there, so that I had my journey fo nothing : and I am not very much surpriser to see that Mr. Evans has rearranged the . ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... on the side of a hill, environed with a dyke of eight feet broad, and a thick mud wall of ten feet high, sufficient to stop a sudden surpriser. ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"What a surpriser these Sydney fellows will get ! They think nothing can touch their horse. I am going to send this fellow down to Randwick next spring. ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"... and doing no work the previous day; and he wouldn't touch a bite for anything. What a surpriser these Sydney fellows will get ! ..."

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