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Definition of Bettor

1. Noun. Someone who bets.

Definition of Bettor

1. n. One who bets; a better.

Definition of Bettor

1. Noun. A person who makes a bet, such as a wager on the outcome of a game of chance or a sporting event. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bettor

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bettor

Literary usage of Bettor

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

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"this a« other than manifest injustice and n grievous wrong. And it can fare but little bettor with an educated lawyer. ..."

2. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"... whether from a hope to compromise bettor with the opposite party by this concession, or from a sincere belief that the bishops might be kept better to ..."

3. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"... bettor accommodation of the public—the cars passing tbe corner of Calvert and Baltimore streets every half hour after twelve o'clock, the fare being ..."

4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... Mayor and some Aldermen ; they have hul \ia general washing days at Guildhall ; mcel <A them have given their verdict for the new soap to be the bettor. ..."

5. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"... ho thought bettor of it, and put his army into winter quarters in Philadelphia. LETTER 426. Queen's House, Dec. 18th, 1777. 50 min. pt. ..."

6. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"... bettor give up all thoughts of love-letters when you can no longer read them without spectacles. A friend has sent us a fine engraving, representing an ..."

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