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depender|dɪˈpɛndə(r)|
Also 6–7 Sc. -ar.
[f. depend v.1 +-er1.]
†1. A dependant. Chiefly Sc. Obs.
c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 8 Through the vain flattery of his dependers. 1577–95Descr. Isles Scotl. in Skene Celtic Scotl. iii. App. 438 Ane dependar on the Clan Donald. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. iv. (1677) 186 Being all vassals and dependers of Huntley. 1724Swift Poems, A Riddle, I'm but a meer Depender still: An humble Hanger-on at best. 1726–31Tindal Rapin's Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 78 He drew together a number of Lords of his Dependers.
2. One who depends or relies on something. rare.
1611Shakes. Cymb. i. v. 58 To be depender on a thing that leanes. 1617Hieron Wks. II. 306 Art thou a continuall depender vpon teaching? 1827Examiner 470/2 A set of puny dependers upon a British soldiery. |