engagern.
/ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒə/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒə/, /ᵻŋˈɡeɪdʒə/, /ɛŋˈɡeɪdʒə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒər/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒər/ 1.
a. One who enters into an engagement or agreement; †a surety, guarantor.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor
borrowa1000
festermanOE
inborghc1175
pledge1348
surety1428
warrant1478
soverty1517
creditor1523
cautionerc1565
warranter1583
caution1586
warranty1586
security1600
stipulator1610
engager1611
pawner1611
undertaker1616
bond1632
ensurer1654
cautionary1655
security man1662
voucher1667
warrantee1668
respondent1672
guarand1674
guarantee1679
guaranty1684
hypothecator1828
warrantor1850
guarantor1853
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Engageur, a pledger, ingager, pawner.
b. One who engages in an enterprise or occupation.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation
stightlerc1425
stickler1565
engager1865
1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 125 Rash motions have lost noble enterprises and their engagers.
1865 Reader No. 143. 342/2 Such pastimes..the engager in them.
c. One who engages the service of another; an employer.
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1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses ii. 293 That [the Italian Opera] might be performed with all decency..several sufficient Citizens were engagers.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies > supporters of
reformist1641
reformer1648
engager1650
All the Virtues1816
Manchester school1846
fair trader1881
Manchestrist1882
Little Englander1889
Manchesterian1897
tariff-reformer1903
Little Englander Liberal1909
Poplarist1925
marketeer1962
Eurosceptic1978
1650 Ld. Cassilis in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 188 The confluence of Malignants and Engagers about him [Chas. II] in the Army.
1651 J. Donne, Jr. in J. Donne Lett. Ep. Ded. What of them that were both Covenanters and Engagers too.
1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) IV. lx. 521 An army which admitted any engagers or malignants among them.
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