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Definition of Erecter
1. n. An erector; one who raises or builds.
Definition of Erecter
1. Noun. (alternative form of erector) (one who raises or builds) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Erecter
1. erector [n -S] - See also: erector
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erecter
Literary usage of Erecter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive by Thomas Tredgold (1850)
"If the candidate has been a fitter or erecter of locomotives, ... If he has not
been a fitter, erecter, or a qualified stationary engine driver, ..."
2. A Complete Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity: Or, A System of by John Gill (1796)
"8. this is a piece of armour that is a defence of the head, a cover of it in the
day of battle, and an erecter of it: of such use is hope of salvation by ..."
3. The Ring and the Book by Robert Browning (1898)
"... tablets of various shapes placed on a structure to bear an inscription, its
name, that of its designer or erecter, his arms or monogram, or the like. ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"... Their heads are grey, their blood is tkin that have looked thereon before—
But the grey heads rise erecter, and the thin blood runs less cold, ..."
5. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"vr rise, mount; amount; supply oneself, stock up; ride; be ascended, be raised,
etc. ; become excited. monteur, m. mounter, erecter, etc. ..."