Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who introduces; an introducer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An introducer.
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- noun obsolete One who
introduces .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I just finished re-reading this one, and the introductor chapters to Polar.
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He accordingly signified his disgust to his introductor, giving him to understand, that he had laid his account with being chosen representative of one of those boroughs for which he had been sacrificed.
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He was also visited, before the next meeting, by his introductor, who assured him, that such a tumult had never happened since the first institution of the assembly, till that very night; and promised that, for the future, he should have no cause to be scandalized at their behaviour.
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You were enrolled in the Club by my invitation, and I ought to introduce you; but as I am hindered by sickness, Mr. Hoole will very properly supply my place as introductor, or yours as President.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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[715] Poor Derrick, however, though he did not himself introduce me to Dr. Johnson as he promised, had the merit of introducing me to Davies, the immediate introductor.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Charles Etherell, my friendly introductor, by whom I was passingly, perhaps ironically, advised to preserve silence for two or three sessions.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Charles Etherell, my friendly introductor, by whom I was passingly, perhaps ironically, advised to preserve silence for two or three sessions.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6 George Meredith 1868
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Charles Etherell, my friendly introductor, by whom I was passingly, perhaps ironically, advised to preserve silence for two or three sessions.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He was placed, by the courtesy of his introductor, in an arm-chair that stood at one side of the fire.
The Man of Feeling Henry Mackenzie 1788
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[43] The introductor and interpreter of foreign ambassadors were the great Chiauss [44] and the Dragoman, [45] two names of Turkish origin, and which are still familiar to the Sublime Porte.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765
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