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devoter|dɪˈvəʊtə(r)|
[f. devote v. + -er1.]
†1. A votary, a devotee. (Cf. devotress.) Obs. rare.
[1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 4 Where one doth professe himselfe a Devoto or peculiar servant of our Lord; whole Townes..are the Devoti of our Ladie.] 1634Sir M. Sandys Ess. 196 [Quoting the above] Where one doth professe himselfe a Devoter, or peculiar Servant of our Lord, whole Towns..are Devoters of our Lady.
2. One who devotes.
1828in Webster; and in later Dicts. |