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Definition of Obtainer
1. n. One who obtains.
Definition of Obtainer
1. Noun. One who obtains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obtainer
1. one that obtains [n -S] - See also: obtains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtainer
Literary usage of Obtainer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"His information has generally been obtainer from the best sources, and hence his
works may be regarded as a storehouse of knowledge upon the subject of ..."
2. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund, Edward Byles Cowell, Frederick William Thomas (1908)
"The deity, the eye by name, is the obtainer. ... The deity, mind by name, is the
obtainer. May it obtain this for me from NN To it ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"There has been a great deal of quibbling upon the word "begetter;" some critics
insisting that it means the " obtainer," and others the object or inspirer. ..."
4. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine (1866)
"Thorpe then dedicated them to the only obtainer, and the inscription was left to
him with the injunction that the present title of Pembroke should be ..."
5. Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India by David Lester Richardson (1840)
"There has been a great deal of quibbling upon the word " begetter," some critics
insisting that it means the obtainer, and others the object or inspirer. ..."
6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1907)
"What could this juxtaposition of a name denoting an obtainer or acquirer, to a
name applied to the Creator, only mean? Can it mean anything else, ..."