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Definition of Shewer
1. n. One who shews. See Shower.
Definition of Shewer
1. Noun. (archaic) One who shews. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shewer
1. one that shews [n -S] - See also: shews
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shewer
Literary usage of Shewer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Personal Actions by William Tidd, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1817)
"the opposite attorney will not name a shewer, an appointment for that purpose
should be obtained on the rule, from the master or prothonotaries ; who, ..."
2. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1849)
"The practical directions given in Bagley's Practice are, " that if the opposite
party refuses to name a shewer, the attorney on the other side is to get an ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas, and by Peregrine Bingham, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1831)
"rn 1 i Defendant as did not contain the name ot any shewer appointed by ...
TINDAL CJ The act of parliament (a) expressly directs that a shewer on each side ..."
4. The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the (1848)
"Get from the opposite attorney a memorandum of the name and place of abode of
his shewer. and take it, together with a similar memorandum Of your own ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"A sycophant, or fig-shewer, might be originally applied to him, philosopher or not,
... that is, means etymologically, and ever must so mean, a fig shewer, ..."
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