Definitions
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- noun One who, or that which,
encumbers ; anencumbrance .
Etymologies
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encumber + -er
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Examples
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Each is a useless encumberer of the earth, and the sooner dead the better.
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Steinway and Sons across the street and reflected with sadness that the glorious days of Anton Rubinstein were over, and I still a useless encumberer of the earth.
Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques James Huneker 1890
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