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deliverer|dɪˈlɪvərə(r)|
Also 4–6 dely-, 4 -ere, 6 -our; see also deliveror.
[a. OF. delivrere (12th c. in Hatzf.), in obl. case delivreor, -our, -eur:—late pop. L. dēlīberātor, -ōrem, agent-n. from dēlīberāre, F. délivrer to deliver: see -er1.]
One who delivers.
1. One who sets free or releases; a liberator, rescuer, saviour.
a1340Hampole Psalter lxix. 7 My helpere & my delyuerere ert þou. 1382Wyclif Ps. xvii[i]. 2 My refut, and my delyuerere. c1440Promp. Parv. 117 Delyuerer, liberator. 1555Eden Decades Pref. to Rdr. (Arb.) 53 Thou oughteste to..bee thankefull to thy delyuerer. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 149 Thy great deliverer, who shall bruise The Serpents head. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. lxv. 622 He stood forth as the deliverer of his country. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 404 Though he had been a deliverer by accident, he was a despot by nature.
2. One who hands over, commits, surrenders, etc.; esp. one who delivers letters or goods.
1531–2Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 16 The seller, exchaunger or deliuerer. 1534Act 26 Hen. VIII, c. 6 §8 By indenture to be made betwene the deliuerour..and the receiuour. 1622E. Misselden Free Trade 104 The Stranger..would be a deliuerer heere of money at a high rate. 1766Entick London IV. 295 There is..a deliverer of letters to the House of Commons, at 6s. 8d. per day. 1888Daily News 25 Aug. 5/3 Each deliverer of milk will possess a share.
3. One who utters, enunciates, sets forth, etc. (rare.)
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. viii. vi. §12 Thereof God himself was..the deviser, the discusser, the deliverer. 1651Reliq. Wotton. 202 Among the Deliverers of this Art. 1822New Monthly Mag. IV. 195 The public deliverers of song at the Grecian festivals. |