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Definition of Engagers
1. engager [n] - See also: engager
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engagers
Literary usage of Engagers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lord Advocates of Scotland: From the Close of the Fifteenth Century to by George William Thomson Omond (1883)
"The Estates met early in January 1649, and, at the first sitting, Johnston spoke
for an hour and a half against the engagers. Next day the Marquis of Argyll ..."
2. Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1846)
"... known by the name of the En. gagement—the engagers enter England with an Army,
and are Defeated—High Court of Justice appointed to try the King—. ..."
3. Politics and Religion: A Study in Scottish History from the Reformation to by William Law Mathieson (1902)
"... against six of them on the following Sunday.l In spite of the protests of
Lanark and Monro, these terms were accepted by the engagers on September 26. ..."
4. The Church History of Scotland: From the Commencement of the Christian Era by John Cunningham (1882)
"The army of the engagers, ill disciplined and ill equipped, after dispersing an
armed muster of the peasantry at Mauchline, penetrated into ..."
5. Tales of a Grandfather, Second Series: Being Stories Taken from Scottish by Walter Scott (1831)
"... known by the name of The Engagement—The engagers enter England with an Army,
and are defeated— High Court of Justice appointed to try the King—the ..."