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advancer|ædˈvɑːnsə(r), -æ-|
Also 6 avauncer, avancer.
[f. advance v. + -er1.]
He who or that which advances.
1. One who moves (a person or thing) forward or upward;
a. physically (obs.);
b. to higher rank or station (obs.);
c. to a better or more advantageous condition; a promoter.
1538Leland Itin. I. 40 This old Mounsun is in a maner the first avauncer of his Family. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII anno 11 (R.) Suche as haue bene ayders and auauncers of Perkyns foolishe enterprice. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 208 Revolting from King Edward his advancer most ingratefully. 1639Fuller Holy War v. xxix (1840) 295 Chiefest mover and advancer of this war. 1741Middleton Cicero (1742) III. §10. 183 You will find me, not onely the favorer, but the advancer of your dignity. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits 28 Navigation..is the most potent advancer of nations.
†2. One who extols or lauds; an extoller, supporter. Obs.
a1546Elyot Let. in Governour (1836) 286 The boasters and advancers of the pompous authority of the Bishop of Rome. 1656Trapp Expos. Rom. iv. 16 (1868) 497/1 Paul was a great advancer of the grace of God. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 10 The Supposition of Epicurus,..and his Advancer, Gassendus.
†3. Rhet. Amplification, auxesis, or climax. Obs.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (1869) 226 We call this figure by the Greeke originall the Auancer or figure of encrease because euery word that is spoken is one of more weight then another.
4. One who puts forth (a statement); an asserter.
1843J. T. Coleridge in Stanley Arnold II. i. 20 A confident advancer of his own opinions.
5. One who gives (money) before it is legally due, or who lends it for any purpose.
a1733North Lives of Norths III. 167 The goldsmiths, who gained by the melting trade, were advancers to the Treasury. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. 363 She mistrusted, that I was the advancer of the money.
6. A second branch of a buck's horn.
1496Bk. of St. Albans d ij, Two braunches fyrste pawmyd he must have And four avauncers. 1751Chambers Cycl., Advancer, among hunters, is one of the starts, or branches of a buck's attire, between the back antler and the palm. 1827Griffith Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 85 Additional advancers and spillers, or snags on the anterior and posterior parts of the palm. |