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Definition of Complier
1. n. One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper.
Definition of Complier
1. Noun. One who complies or obeys. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Complier
1. one that complies [n -S] - See also: complies
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complier
Literary usage of Complier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... 'he turned about and became a great complier to the restored liturgy.'
But Fitzwilliam himself appeals to 'the zeal I had for the prosent government ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1881)
"The name of the complier is not given, but it appears to be an elaborate work.
Unlike moat of the preceding volumes, it contains no tracing or sketches of ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"Though the son of a man they abhorred as a sinful complier with establishments
which they denounced as destroying the dignity of religion, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"complier, (kgm-pli'-er) ns A man of an easy temper. COMPLIMENT, (kcm'-ple-ment)
ns An act, or expression of civility, usually understood to mean less than ..."
5. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"... the rendering of such service in the whole or in part, in so far as the
rendering it will be at the expense of the non-complier : and such, accordingly, ..."
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