Definition of Essayer

1. Noun. One who tries.

Exact synonyms: Attempter, Trier
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Attempt, Essay, Try, Try, Try

Definition of Essayer

1. n. One who essays.

Definition of Essayer

1. Noun. (obsolete) One who performs an essay; an experimenter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Essayer

1. one that essays [n -S] - See also: essays

Lexicographical Neighbors of Essayer

espying
esq.
esquamulose
esquilax
esquilaxes
esquinancea
esquire
esquired
esquires
esquiring
esquisse
esquisses
ess
essay
essayed
essayer (current term)
essayers
essaying
essayings
essayish
essayist
essayistic
essayists
essaylike
essays
esse
essence
essence of rose
essenced
essenceless

Literary usage of Essayer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year edited by Jared Sparks, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1860)
"Melter John Tony, essayer, 3000 and Refiner, $2000 Assay Office, ... essayer, 2000 1. Statement of the Deposits for Coinage at the Mint of the United States ..."

2. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Improvements of the Latest by Abel Boyer (1849)
"... in essayer, ê-sb-y&, va to try, essayer as- livery. ... essayer d'une ... essayer de faire ..."

3. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Johann Schobert, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1857)
"essayer, 2000 1. Statement of the Deposits for Coinage at the Mint of the United States and its Branches, and the Assay Office, during the Year 1856. GOLD. ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1911)
"The essayer delivers his Opinion (p. 6, &c.) That a Paper-Credit well founded and under good Regulation, and not larger than what the Silver Specie Currency ..."

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