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thirster|ˈθɜːstə(r)|
[f. thirst v. + -er1.]
One who thirsts; fig. one who craves or longs (for, after something).
1382Wyclif Isa. xxxii. 6 Drinc to the thristere he shal don awei. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 100 Ane fallis wngodlie thrister of innocent bloode. 1624F. White Repl. Fisher 112 The Pope was..an insatiable..thirster after monie. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Prior Wks. III. 139 He was by nature no thirster for blood. 1883Cambridge Staircase ii. 28 The thirster after knowledge. |