Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which dispels: as, the sun is the dispeller of darkness.
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- noun One who, or that which,
dispels .
Etymologies
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The word literally translates to 'dispeller of darkness,' or 'one who brings light.'
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2012
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The word literally translates to 'dispeller of darkness,' or 'one who brings light.'
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2012
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The word literally translates to 'dispeller of darkness,' or 'one who brings light.'
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2012
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The word literally translates to 'dispeller of darkness,' or 'one who brings light.'
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe: Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2012
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Every society has a dispeller of darkness who is responsible for keeping the dark forces at bay.
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In the past the role was taken by priests, shamans and gurus (the word "guru" means dispeller of darkness in Sanskrit).
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Every society has a dispeller of darkness who is responsible for keeping the dark forces at bay.
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In the past the role was taken by priests, shamans and gurus (the word "guru" means dispeller of darkness in Sanskrit).
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In the past the role was taken by priests, shamans and gurus (the word "guru" means dispeller of darkness in Sanskrit).
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Every society has a dispeller of darkness who is responsible for keeping the dark forces at bay.
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In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi is part of this growing profession, a “mistress dispeller” who is hired to maintain the bonds of marriage—and break up affairs— by any means necessary.
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Yu, a gentle-looking man in his early forties, with the placid demeanor of a yoga instructor, works as a mistress dispeller, a job that barely existed a decade ago but is becoming common in major Chinese cities. His clients are women who hope to preserve their marriages by fending off what is known in Chinese as a xiao san, or “Little Third”—a term that encompasses everything from a partner in a casual affair to a long-term “kept woman.”
China’s Mistress-Dispellers Jiayang Fan 2017
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