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uniter|juːˈnaɪtə(r)|
[f. unite v. + -er1. Cf. unitor and It. unitore.]
One who or that which unites; a uniting agency or quality.
1587Golding De Mornay vi. 79 The Vniter, and the thing Vnited. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. vii. §1 Uniters of states and cities. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 7 Friendship is a great uniter. 1700J. Brome Trav. Eng. 199 James..became the Happy Uniter of the two Crowns. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. iv, Money..hath..been the great uniter of a most divided people. 1746Hervey Medit. Flower Garden 29 The Ocean is the grand Vehicle of Trade, and the Uniter of distant Nations. 1840Carlyle Heroes iv, The Priest..presides over the worship of the people; is the Uniter of them with the Unseen Holy. 1852Lynch Lett. Scattered (1872) 299 How could we love God the bereaver, if He were not the uniter also? |