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Definition of Standers
1. stander [n] - See also: stander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Standers
Literary usage of Standers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... Thomas Bedingfield and sir Thomas Gardiner, for their contempt in refusing to
be of council with the attorney upon their assignment: standers by looking ..."
2. The Grecian History from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1824)
"As the standers-by wiped off the tears in which his face was bathed, recovering
his speech and his voice by insensible degrees, ..."
3. The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1828)
"As the standers-by wiped off the tears in which his face was bathed, recovering
his speech and his voice by insensible degrees, he seemed desirous of ..."
4. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1839)
"Then may the standers-by pray. When, in unspeakable glory, thou dost come dreadfully
to judge the whole world, vouchsafe, O gracious Redeemer, that this thy ..."
5. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"... his Highness that now is, and indifferent by standers doe looke upon the
enimies of England as now much farther from their ends then ever. ... GD '. ..."
6. The History of Rome by Livy (1823)
"... receiving a stroke, made its escape out of the hands of those who officiated
at the sacrifice, and sprinkled many of the by-standers with its blood. ..."
7. The Polity of the Ancient Hebrews by Mayer Sulzberger (1912)
"... the by-standers, says: "Ye are witnesses this day:" (then formally recites
what he has acquired) and closes by repeating the words: "Ye are witnesses ..."
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