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Definition of Countenancer
1. n. One who countenances, favors, or supports.
Definition of Countenancer
1. Noun. One who countenances, favours, or supports. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Countenancer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countenancer
Literary usage of Countenancer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Are you her Grace's countenancer, lady? ¡¡•-•m. and /•'( . ... Those Ingenuous
and friendly men who were ever the countenancer* of vertuous and hopefull ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"For by calling him Father (whiles he nourisheth any known sins in his heart), he
makes him author and countenancer of his mischievous imaginations. ..."
3. Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1907)
"... by reason of the long acquaintance he had with this King that so earnestly
entreated him now to be his friend, his countenancer, his Captaine and ..."
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