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Definition of Sparer
1. Noun. Someone who refrains from injuring or destroying.
Definition of Sparer
1. n. One who spares.
Definition of Sparer
1. Adjective. (comparative of spare) ¹
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Definition of Sparer
1. one that spares [n -S] - See also: spares
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparer
Literary usage of Sparer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1824)
"... spare of diet, sparer of words, and sparest of time: harsh, rough, and unpleasant
in behaviour, being grave with rigour, and severe with surliness. ..."
2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"m. 1. spade; 2. Gam. spades ©pa'rcr, (sir.) m. saver, economizer; sparer.
Spar'gel, (sir.) m. But. asparagus; сотр. —beet, n. bed of asparagus; Bot-s. ..."
3. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1917)
"It is as a sparer of protein, however, that gelatin is chiefly of importance in
... It is the most powerful protein-sparer known, being able to save from ..."