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shelterer|ˈʃɛltərə(r)|
[f. shelter v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who takes shelter.
1725Lond. Gaz. No. 6346/4 For Relief of distressed Shelterers in the Mint. 1856Miss Mulock John Halifax i, Shivering shelterers from the rain.
b. spec. One who takes shelter from an air-raid.
1940R. Macaulay Lett. to Sister (1964) 116 The Central London tube was so crammed with thousands of shelterers that I couldn't get near the platform. 1944Ourselves in Wartime v. 71 Tiers of bunks, canteens, adequate sanitation and first-aid posts were provided. These amenities helped the shelterers to make the best of a bad job. 1957R. W. Zandvoort in Wiener Beiträge zur englischen Philologie LXV. 270 Air raid shelters were a necessary refuge... Books..were the best means to divert the attention of shelterers (as they were called) and others from the pressures and anxieties of life in wartime. 1980P. Fitzgerald Human Voices xi. 163 The LPTB's bunks occupied the walls... Other shelterers had arrived.
2. One who shelters another.
1822Byron Werner iii. iv. 79 In leaving thus His shelterer's asylum to the risk Of a discovery. 1865Kingsley Herew. xxxii, She..was liable to punishment herself, and they to punishment also, as her shelterers and accomplices. |