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Definition of Compounders
1. compounder [n] - See also: compounder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compounders
Literary usage of Compounders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"The compounders were those who wished for a restoration, but for a restoration
accompanied by a general amnesty, and by guarantees for the security of the ..."
2. The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1871)
"The compounders were those who wished for a restoration, ... The compounders
formed the main strength of the Jacobite party in England: but the ..."
3. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1858)
"The compounders were those who wished for a restoration, but for a restoration
accompanied by a general amnesty, and by guarantees for the security of the ..."
4. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1879)
"The compounders were those who wished for a restoration, but for a restoration
... The Non-compounders thought it downright Whiggery, downright rebellion, ..."
5. The Works of Lord Macaulay by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1898)
"The compounders were those who wished for a restoration, but for a restoration
accompanied by a general amnesty, and by guarantees for the security of the ..."
6. The History of Party: From the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions, in the by George Wingrove Cooke (1836)
"State of the Jacobite interest—Correspondence of the Tory ministry with
James—compounders and ... compounders ..."