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Definition of Cogitators
1. cogitator [n] - See also: cogitator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cogitators
Literary usage of Cogitators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"The term is probably a corruption of cogitators. Coffee-shop, a watercloset, or
house of office. Cog, to cheat at dice. ..."
2. The Negro in the New World by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1910)
"... not merely talkers, constructors, artists, inventors, mechanicians, intelligent
agriculturists, doers of the Word, not merely listeners and cogitators. ..."
3. Britain Redeemed and Canada Preserved by F. A. Wilson, Alfred Bate Richards (1850)
"... as well as rumination to the utilitarian cogitators of social economy, till
every possible diversity of scheme, applicable to their employment at home, ..."
4. Britain Redeemed and Canada Preserved by F. A. Wilson, Alfred Bate Richards (1850)
"... as well as rumination to the utilitarian cogitators of social economy, till
every possible diversity of scheme, applicable to their employment at home, ..."
5. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"... formerly held in Bride Court, Fleet Street, and still (18(M) in existence.
The term is probably a corruption of cogitators. — Slang Dictionary. ..."
6. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann by Gerhart Hauptmann (1917)
"Sweet singers, poets, deep cogitators, Our new life's founders and originators.
Step forward, young man by young man, I'll bless you for victory or death, ..."
7. Self-help by the People: Thirty-three Years of Co-operation in Rochdale by George Jacob Holyoake (1882)
"... in some elevated part of the town, which, no doubt, enabled him to take
comprehensive views of the Wholesale before the cogitators of Jumbo Farm (which, ..."
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