Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which underprops or supports; a stay; a support.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, underprops or supports.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
underprops orsupports .
Etymologies
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underprop + -er
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Examples
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"The Lord Himself," he wrote to his admirals as they sailed to the West Indies, "hath a controversy with your enemies; even with that Romish Babylon of which the Spaniard is the great underpropper.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 John Richard Green 1860
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