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Definition of Succorers
1. succorer [n] - See also: succorer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succorers
Literary usage of Succorers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"As he was counted as one of the 14 Succorers of the Distressed, so was his aid
especially invoked in affections of the stomach. ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"As he was counted as one of the 14 Succorers of the Distressed, so was his aid
especially invoked in affections of the stomach. ..."
3. The Presbyterian Magazine edited by Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1858)
"Those who, like Phebe, are succorers of many, shall not themselves be left ...
Like Phebe, and like Jesus, let us also seek to be "succorers of many. ..."
4. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"... if they are not waiting for a large reinforcement; and if they are waiting
for succorers, ought it not to give a spur to the attempt ? ..."
5. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"... if they are not waiting for a large reinforcement; and if they are waiting
for succorers, ought it not to give a spur to the attempt ? ..."
6. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1908)
"As fast as succorers arrive here they will be hastened on, but the crisis I
presume will be of such short duration, that but few Even from the neighboring ..."
7. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures Within and Beyond the Union Lines by Junius Henri Browne (1900)
"... than the upper work opened its heavy guns upon the succorers of distress.
A third boat from the. St. Louis was struck with rebel shot, and shattered; ..."
8. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures Within and Beyond the Union Lines by Junius Henri Browne (1865)
"... on the divine errand of mercy, than the upper work opened its heavy guns upon
the succorers of distress. The Union gigs were struck—one in the bow, ..."
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