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ˈfigurer [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who figures. †a. One who serves as a figure or type of. †b. One who makes use of a figure or type. †c. One who figures or counterfeits; an imitator. †d. = figure-dancer. e. = figure-skater.
1548Gest Pr. Masse 104 Aaron..was a fygurer of Christ. 1565Jewel Repl. Harding (1611) 331 And whatsoeuer they were that vsed this word, Figura, in this matter of the Sacrament, D. Steuen Gardiner scornfully calleth them Figuratores, Figurers. 1665Herbert Trav. (1677) 383 Parrat..painful figurer of humane voice. 1782T. Vaughan Fashionable Follies I. 204 The prettiest figurer at the opera. 1882N. & A. Goodman Fen skating 10 The contempt felt by figurers for fen skaters. |