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conˈvoyer In 5–6 Sc. -ar. [f. convoy v. + -er1, -ar2.] One that convoys, a conductor: a. a guide; †b. a manager; c. a convoy-ship.
c1470Henry Wallace vii. 1253 Conuoyar offt scho was to gud Wallace. 1513Douglas æneis vii. vi. 87 Bellona..sall stand by, To be convoyar of the mariage. 1666Lond. Gaz. No. 72/3 Four Fireships..formerly Convoyers to the Herring Busses. 1892Monthly Packet May 589 He commits him to twin fleet convoyers..who bear him swiftly to his own home. 1927Daily Express 30 May 3/4 A sharp signal from [the] chief convoyer, a frenzied cutting of the seals on the baskets,..and ten thousand birds..swept aloft. |