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Definition of Espousers
1. espouser [n] - See also: espouser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Espousers
Literary usage of Espousers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"... or any thing so unworthy or absurd in itself, but (At* would have a party and
supporters, and that votaries and espousers, to vindicate them, ..."
2. Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures, (now by Junius, John Mason Good (1812)
"... warmest of its oldest espousers. He was elected to the chair January 22, 1770,
on the resignation of Sir John Cust, through ill health, and who died on ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... of methodism in particular will consider themselves as misrepresented, and
the espousers of patriotic principles will deem themselves unfairly used. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"But the espousers of organism reply to the latter questions, that generation
presupposes an organization for the specific purpose, ..."
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