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Definition of Griper
1. a. One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
Definition of Griper
1. Noun. One who gripes ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) An oppressor or extortioner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Griper
1. one that gripes [n -S] - See also: gripes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Griper
Literary usage of Griper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century: Being by Samuel Mosheim Smucker (1857)
"On the 1st of October, the griper struck hard on a sunken rock, ... Lyon was
therefore gazetted to the griper gun-brig, which had taken out Capt. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1825)
"A brief Narrative of an unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, through Sir
Thomas Howe's " Welcome," in Hig Majesty's Ship griper, in the Year 1824. ..."
3. Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions: A Narrative, Showing the Progress by Peter Lund Simmonds (1853)
"On the 1st of October the griper struck hard on a sunken rock, ... Lyon was
therefore gazetted to the griper gun-brig, which had taken out Capt. ..."
4. Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century: Being by Samuel Mosheim Smucker (1886)
"On the 1st of October, the griper struck hard on a sunken rock, ... Lyon was
therefore gazetted to the griper gun-brig, which Lad taken out Capt. ..."
5. The Arctic regions. To which is added, the recovery of the Resolute. With an by Peter Lund Simmonds (1875)
"On the 1st of October the griper struck hard on a sunken rock, ... Lyon was
therefore gazetted to the griper gun-brig, which had taken out Capt. ..."
6. Northern Regions, Or, Uncle Richard's Relation of Captain Parry's Voyages (1827)
"Two Ships, the Hecla and the griper, fitted out, in 1819, ... Reach Melville
Island, and anchor in the Bay of the Hecla and of the griper P. 13—24. CHAP. ..."
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