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abider|əˈbaɪdə(r)|
[f. abide v. + -er1.]
One who abides; in various senses of the vb. Esp.
†1. One who waits or awaits. Obs.
1543–63Becon New Catechism (1844) 143 Such patient abider of the Lord's leisure was Job. 1548W. Thomas Ital. Gram. (1567) Dimorante, the abider or tarier.
†2. One who sustains an attack or stands his ground. Obs.
1581Sidney Def. Poesie (1622) 503 Maisters of warre, and ornaments of peace, speedie goers, and strong abiders, triumphers both in Campes and Courts. 1614Raleigh Hist. World (1736) iii. xii. §7. 126 The Lacedæmonians, being very firme abiders, might seem the more likely to prevaile.
3. One who dwells; a dweller, a resident.
1611Cotgr., Habitant, a dweller, or abider in a place. 1627Speed Eng. etc. abridged xi. §4 What [land] is worst for the Rider, is best for the Abider. 1816Scott Old Mort. 59 The scattered remnant, who, for His name's sake, were abiders in the wilderness. |