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Webster 1913 Edition
Bringer
Bring′er
,Noun.
One who brings.
Yet the first
Hath but a losing office.
bringer
of unwelcome newsHath but a losing office.
Shakespeare
Bringer in
, one who, or that which, introduces.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bringer
BRING'ER
,Noun.
Bringer in, the person who introduces.
Bringer up, an instructor; one who feeds,clothes, and educates; also, one who is in the rear of an army.
Definition 2024
bringer
bringer
English
Noun
bringer (plural bringers)
- A person who, or a thing which, brings something.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act I, Scene 1,
- Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
- Hath but a losing office.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Kings 10:5,
- And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act I, Scene 1,