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单词 swayer
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swayern.

/ˈsweɪə/
Etymology: < sway v. + -er suffix1.
One who or that which sways, wields, or rules.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun]
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ordainerc1300
tyranta1340
prefecta1382
rulera1382
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corner of the people1382
lordshipperc1384
governora1393
moderatora1398
wieldinga1400
leader of lawsc1400
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dominatorc1450
reignera1464
regnanta1500
gubernator1522
despot1562
shepherd1577
swayer1598
Sophy1599
most mastera1616
Govr.1620
Gov.1630
archon1735
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Dominatore, a ruler, a gouernor, a lord, a swayer.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1824) II. xvii. 325 He is the happiest swayer of a sceptre that ever was.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 178 Pym, Hamden, and Strode were esteemed Parliament-drivers, or Swayers of all the Parliaments wherein they sat.
1832 Examiner 773/2 Eloquence and truth united are greater swayers of opinion than either wealth, wigs, or woolsacks.
1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 300 To talk loud about the poet's divine mission, as the prophet of mankind, the swayer of the universe, and so forth.
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