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/ᵻkˈsprɛsə/, /ɛkˈsprɛsə/, U.S. /ɪkˈsprɛsər/, /ɛkˈsprɛsər/ a. One who or that which expresses.
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society > communication > expression > [noun] > one who or that which
expresser1581
enunciator1809
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions v. 32 Reading being but the expresser of the writen charactes.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 83 And the Second [Worker] is the liuely exppresser of the First.
1623 J. Heminges & H. Condell in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. To Rdrs. sig. A3 Who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it.
1667 G. Digby Elvira i. 5 Ready..To make his Sword th'expresser of his mind.
1872 J. Conington tr. Virgil Æneid v. 340 (note) Expressers of a favourable or adverse opinion.
b. One who possesses expressive power; a master of the art of expression.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > eloquent writer
orator1587
expresser?1611
bee1753
?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads i. Comm. 26 Our most accomplished expressor helps the illustration in a simile of his fervour.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) viii. 708 The divine expressor did so give Both act and passion, that he made it live.
1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 23 He [Shakespeare] was the greatest expresser that ever lived.
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