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Definition of Sayers
1. Noun. English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957).
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Definition of Sayers
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English from=Middle English dot=) common in Sussex. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of sayer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sayers
1. sayer [n] - See also: sayer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sayers
Literary usage of Sayers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"And being the same land mentioned and described, and the same Interest of claim
conveyed in the deed from DG sayers and wife and H. Harrison and wife to ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1897)
"The elder sayers died within a year of his son's birth, ... In 1792, on his
mother's death, sayers moved to the Close at Norwich, and obtained an assured ..."
3. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"On toeing the scratch it was clear to all that sayers was a bigger man than his
... Little time was lost in sparring—sayers led off, catching Martin ..."
4. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The Slasher stood four inches over sayers and weighed about 45 pounds more than the
... sayers adminstered a beating to his ponderous opponent in 10 rounds, ..."
5. Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 by Thomas Johnson Michie, Thomas Jefferson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan (1901)
"At the same term of the court Comer and wife, Dunn and wife, and J. Howe sayers,
asked for and obtained leave to lile their petition in the cause. ..."
6. Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912 by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (1912)
"William A. sayers is president of the sayers & Scovill Company, manufacturers of
... Mr. sayers well deserves mention among the leading representatives of ..."
7. Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature by Dept. of Modern Languages, Harvard University (1903)
"These four poems are included among the Poetical Works of the late F. sayers,
MD, edited by William Taylor of Norwich (London, 1830), who tells us, ..."
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