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striver|ˈstraɪvə(r)|
Also 4 stryfer, 5 stryvar, 5–6 -er.
[f. strive v. + -er1.]
1. One who strives with others; a contender, competitor. † In early use also, one given to strife, a contentious person.
a1400New Test. (Paues) 1 Cor. xi. 16 Ȝif þer be any of ȝow a stryfer. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 115 A full fface..bytokyns a stryuer, a dyscordour. c1440Promp. Parv. 480/1 Stryvar, litigator, rixator. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. vii. (1520) 81 b/2 Alexandre hadde stryfe 17 yere, and the foure stryvers that the Emperour set agaynst hym he overcame them and cursyd them. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 98 It is not convenyent the seruaunt of god to be a stryuer or a brauler. 1658J. Durham Expos. Rev. vii. 9 (1660) 391 The sealed ones were strivers; these are victors, Therefore must succeed them as victory doth to fighting. 1853Lynch Self-Improv. vi. 152 The case of the striver against Circumstance.
2. One who makes strenuous effort or endeavour.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 160 He striueth agaynst the streme, by customs scoole That striuer is either a fishe or a foole. 1828Carlyle Goethe's Helena Misc. 1840 I. 198 In all his lofty aspirings, his strivings after truth.., it has never struck him to inquire how he, the striver, was warranted for such enterprises. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit., Marc. Aurel. 275 This truly modern striver and thinker. 1887Pall Mall Budget 27 Jan. 29/1 He was a diligent striver after perfection.
†3. ? Used jocularly for: A partner in the dance.
1609Beaum. & Fl. Scornf. Lady ii. (1616) D 2, Take thy striuer, and pace her till shee stew. Sa. Sure Sir, I cannot daunce with your Gentlewoman. |