overcomern.
/ˌəʊvəˈkʌmə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkəmər/ 1. A person who overcomes; a conqueror, a victor.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun]
masterc1230
conqueror1307
victora1340
overcomerc1350
scomfitera1400
vanquisher1474
vainquer1481
conquestora1513
dauntera1522
overwhelmera1522
discomfiter1528
overwinner1535
cock1542
victorer1553
triumphant1562
triumphera1569
vanquer1570
Tamerlane?1572
defeater1582
vanqueror1583
triumphator1611
conquesor1641
conquestora1670
debellator1713
reconqueror1777
subjugator1795
conquistador1830
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > one who
masterc1230
overcomerc1350
conquerorc1374
victora1400
overbearera1425
overgangerc1440
vanquisher1474
usurper1509
subduer1516
overthrower1548
defeater1582
prevailer1596
masterer1600
queller1613
conquerant1655
dompter1672
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 185 (MED) Þe ouercunner [read ouercummer; v.r. ouercumer] shal lade me vp myn heȝtes, singand in psalmes.
c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 275 Þen schalt þou be..ouurgoere and ouercomere of alle synnes.
a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 74 (MED) Jhesus es lord of lastand life..ouercumer of al es he.
a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 110 (MED) Lufe es..dede of synnes, lyf of vertues, vertu whils feghtyng lastes, crowne of overcomers.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 65 Gracian..was..ouircomer of lustis, fulfillid with vertues at þe best.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 43 (MED) He þat can wel suffre, shal finde most pes; he is an ouercomer of himself.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lv Other stode stil & loked on, entendynge to take parte wt the victors and ouercommers.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Victour, an overcomer or Conquerour.
1687 J. Renwick Choice Coll. (1776) xxviii. 339 The Saints are overcomers and they have palms in their hands.
1814 J. Steele Hist. Eccl. Proc. Third Presbyterian Church Philadelphia 525 He designed to encourage them to believe, that as they persevered in following Him, they also should be made overcomers.
1861 R. C. Trench Comm. Epist. 7 Churches Asia 48 Christ sets himself forth here as the overcomer of death natural.
1929 G. T. W. Patrick What is Mind? 137 The more humble the origin, the greater the victory. Man, the climber, the aspirer, the overcomer, wins our admiration.
2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 Nov. 1 ‘I am an overcomer,’ Watson said. ‘I know I can do it.’
2. A member of a religious sect, started in the United States in 1881, basing its beliefs on the promises made to ‘him that overcometh’ in Revelation 2:3. Now historical.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > overcomer > [noun]
overcomer1884
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1889 Developments of the same kind [as Millerites and other pre-millennialists] may be instanced in the so-called ‘Overcomers’ of America.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 2/1 Their one distinctive doctrine is related to be the desire to be led into temptation in order that they may prove themselves capable of overcoming it—an aspiration as to the first clause of which the Overcomers are sure to be abundantly justified, even in this weary world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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