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Definition of Favourer
1. favorer [n -S] - See also: favorer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Favourer
Literary usage of Favourer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of
learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, ..."
2. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769,1770 by James Bruce (1813)
"This Prince, a favourer of the Galla, his relations— Great Dissensions on bringing
them to court—War of ..."
3. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 by James Bruce (1804)
"This Prince, a favourer of the Galla, hif relations-*— Great dissensions on
bringing them to court—War of ..."
4. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"... who was a particular favourer of them, and now at this present time they
obtained from the pope this new one to strengthen the first, to the great loss ..."
5. A century of printing. The issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784 by Charles Swift R. Hildeburn (1885)
"... from the Twenty eight Judges,'' and the following: "And whereas it is reported,
That the Printer being a favourer of OK he will not print for any other, ..."
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