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marrer|ˈmɑːrə(r)| [f. mar v. + -er1.] One who mars; a destroyer, injurer, spoiler.
c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 690 Marrers of maters, and money makers. 1529More Suppl. Soulys Wks. 295/1 They be y⊇ marrars & distroyers of the realme. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxix. (1887) 218 The deuill himself..our most suttle, and despitefull marrer. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. x. §4 (1622) 307 One is the maker, and One is the marrer of euery number. 1639Fuller Holy War iv. xviii. (1640) 199 His friends, the Pisans and Genoans, reviled him as the marrer of their mart. 1830Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 180 As for the Fitz-Romilly law-menders, makers, or marrers, I think of these as you do. 1877Tinsley's Mag. XXI. 203 She was no match-maker, but she was no match-marrer. |