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underˈstander
[f. as prec. + -er.]
1. One who understands; one who has knowledge or comprehension (of something).
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. xxi. (1869) 84 To good vnderstonderes it is the more gracious and the more plesaunt. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 13 The third part of the understandaris of the faith. 1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione iii. xlviii. 236, I am the inwarde techer of trouth, sercher of mannes hert, the vnderstander of mannes thought. 1577Fulke Confut. Purg. 413 If you have not a better vnderstander, then you are a rule giuer, your rule is false. 1613Heywood Braz. Age ii. ii, In Greece springs The fountaines of Diuine Phylosophy, They are all vnderstanders. 1677Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. 214 Some are pleased to be accounted Vnderstanders by others, and rest in such high words, as a badge of Knowledge. 1721R. Balle Let. in Athenæum 5 April (1902) 435/1 By th' understanders of sculpture, t'was att Florence esteemed next to the Duke's Veneri. 1855Pusey Doctr. Real Presence Note S. 527 Those among you who are yet called Catechumens or hearers, could be hearers, when it was being read: could they be understanders too?
†2.
a. A leg or foot.
b. A boot or shoe. Obs.
1583B. Melbancke Philotimus U iij, She leuieth her army of huge boisterous hobs, wel beseming for their vnderstanders to bee the offspringe of Giauntes. 1749J. Ray Hist. Reb. (1758) 135 They also borrow'd all the Shoes and Boots they could meet with; so that many were depriv'd of their Understanders.
†3. A spectator standing on the ground or floor, spec. in a theatre. Obs.
1633Shirley Contention Honour & Riches C, When you..make the understanders in Cheapside wonder to see ships swimme upon mens shoulders. 1646― Doubtful Heir Prol., No shews, no dance, and what you most delight in, Grave understanders, here's no target fighting.
4. poet. A supporter, upholder.
1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 113 Strong understander of our common life, Staple sustainment of morality. |