exercisern.
/ˈɛksəsʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈɛksərˌsaɪzər/ One who or that which exercises.
1. In senses of the verb. Const. of.
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the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun] > one who
practiser1541
practitioner1548
exerciser1552
practicant1952
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > discipline > person
exerciser1686
exercist1715
exercitant1858
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Exerciser of anye of these fiue games.
1604 tr. Constit. & Canons Ecclesiasticall 1603 cxxvi Possessours & Exercisers of peculiar Iurisdiction.
a1617 S. Hieron Wks. (1620) I. 16 Crosses..are trialls of faith, exercisers of patience.
1686 J. S. Hist. Monastical Convent. 11 They [the monks of St. Basil] became so industrious, that their Monastery was called the place of Exercise, and they the Exercisers.
1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 240 Excellent sharp-shooters and exercisers.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 146 The..virtual exercisers of the elective privilege.
1864 C. Dickens in Daily Tel. 12 May [The player's] is not a vocation the exerciser of which can profit by the labours of others.
2. An apparatus for exercising the limbs, etc.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > equipment
developer1870
exerciser1889
1889 Voice (N.Y.) 3 Oct. (advt.) The best health exerciser on the market.
1894 N.E.D. at Exerciser Mod. A.B. and Co's Home-exerciser.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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