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conserver|kənˈsɜːvə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who conserves (see the vb.); a preserver.
1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples (1579) 75 Y⊇ conseruers and kepers of health, should study that, etc. 1588Thanksgiving in Liturg. Serv. Q. Eliz. (1847) 622 Most omnipotent Creator, Redeemer, and Conserver. a1698Temple Ess. Learn. Wks. 1731 I. 153 The Priests..having been..the perpetual Conservers of Knowledge. 1841Emerson Lect., Conservative Wks. (Bohn) II. 265 We are..reformers in the morning, conservers at night. 1869Contemp. Rev. XII. 271 Obstructive Conservatives, or the Conservers of Death.
b. Said of a thing.
1605Timme Quersit. ii. ii. 110 This vital heate..is the repairer and conserver of life. 1647May Hist. Parl. ii. iv. 61 Liberty..violated by that Court which is the onely defence and conserver of it. 1657S. W. Schism Dispach't 131 A Church..is to be a conserver of Faith.
†2. = conservatory 4. Obs. rare—1.
1590J. Melvill Serm. in Diary (1842) 282 All thair Conservars and cisterns of water.
3. ‘A preparer of conserves’ (J.). |