deservern.
/dᵻˈzəːvə/, U.S. /dəˈzərvər/, /diˈzərvər/ One who deserves or merits; esp. one who deserves well.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > deserving (good or ill) > one who
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1549 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus 1 Tim. in Paraphr. New Test. vi. 2 More is to be done for ye deseruour than for the exactour, more for the louyng maister [etc.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 178 Whose Loue is neuer link'd to the deseruer, Till his deserts are past. View more context for this quotation
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 139 Kinde remembrers of your well deseruers.
1631 W. Laud Wks. (1853) V. 256 The man certainly is an ill deserver.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iii. 77 Hercules, Theseus, Perseus, and other great Deservers of Mankind.
1829 E. Bather Serm. II. 364 Christ is the deserver of everything for sinners.
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