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amuser|əˈmjuːzə(r)|
[f. amuse v. + -er1.]
One who amuses.
†1. One that puts people in a muse; that arrests or distracts attention, esp. with things trifling; that trifles with people's attention or expectations; a trifler, deceiver, cheat. Obs.
1583Whitgift in Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. 153, I doubt not but your Lordship will judge those amusers to deserve just punishment. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 457, I take him [the musician] to be a great amuser of men in a small matter. 1611Cotgr., Amuseur, an amuser of people; one that holdeth people at gaze, or putteth them into dumpes. a1733North Examen i. iii. ⁋24 (1740) 137 The French are the greatest Amusers in the World. If Propositions are made which they resolve not to accept, they will not directly say so, but suspend. 1775Ash, Amuser..one that deceives.
2. One that provides diversion; a diverter, entertainer.
1796W. Taylor in Month. Rev. XX. 382 The amusers of our leisure, the artists of our pleasures. 1841Mann. & Cust. Japan. 192 In their capacity of amusers, they indulge in extravagant buffoonery. 1864Nat. Rev. in Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1879) II. 136 Mere amusers are never respected. |