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indulger|ɪnˈdʌldʒə(r)|
[f. indulge v. + -er1.]
One who indulges. a. One who treats (a person or thing) with indulgence: see indulge v. 1.
1659A. Brome On R. Brome's Com. 6 These issues of thy brain, Of all th' Indulgers of the Comick strain Deserve applause. 1693Yalden Ode St. Cecilia Poet. Wks. (1833) 34 Music's the soft indulger of the mind, The kind diverter of our care. 1826E. Irving Babylon II. vii. 240 Ye in⁓tolerant indulgers of heresy, and the arch-heretic!
b. One who indulges or gives way to (a desire, inclination, etc.): see indulge v. 3.
1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. xiii. §5 (R.) And if..the severest watchers of their nature have task hard enough, what shall be hoped of the indulgers of it? 1705Stanhope Paraphr. III. 322 Indulgers of those Lusts which every baptized Believer hath solemnly renounced.
c. One who indulges in (some practice): see indulge v. 7.
1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 12 Illustrated by portraits of some of the indulgers. 1850McCosh Div. Govt. (1852) 206 An indulger in fine sentiment. |