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▪ I. reˈliefer1 rare—1. [f. relief2, 6 c + -er1.] = reliever 1 c.
1798Alex Stewart in Memoir (1822) 124 Let Churchmen or Dissenters, Reliefers or Seceders be in the right or in the wrong, that can be no rule to us. ▪ II. reliefer2|rɪˈliːfə(r)| [f. relief2 + -er1.] One who receives state relief (sense 3 a).
1936Harper's Mag. Jan. 203/2 Reliefers don't of course live by themselves and form a compact group with relief as their only topic. 1938Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 8/4 Baltimore streets and alleys could do with a little attention from ‘grateful reliefers’. 1947Ten Eventful Years IV. 629/1 Reliefer, an unemployed person on federal government relief rolls. 1973B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xx. 225 No, we never thought of the poor people. The reliefers. |