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restorer|rɪˈstɔərə(r)|
[f. restore v. + -er. Cf. OF. restoriere, restoreor, etc.]
1. One who restores or re-establishes.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. lxxii. 38 b, Se here my lytell chylde, who shalbe, by the grace of god, his restorer. 1545Joye Exp. Dan. vi. 82 b, The prophecies that went vpon him..to be the restorer of his people. c1611Chapman Iliad Pref. p. lxix, God..be his honorable family's speedy and full restorer. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxiii. 204 Of which line was to spring the restorer of the Kingdome of God. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. v. §25 A greater and more renowned patron and restorer of elegant studies. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xi. I. 287 Diocletian and his colleagues..deserved the glorious title of Restorers of the Roman world. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 579 The son and heir of George Monk, the restorer of the Stuarts. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 544/1 As a ‘restorer’ of ancient buildings he was guilty of..the most irreparable destruction.
2. That which restores.
1873,1893[see hair-restorer s.v. hair n. 10]. 1911G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma i. 23 Its like a bald-headed man trying to sell a hair restorer.
So reˈstoress, a female restorer. rare—1.
1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 158 [Mary] is rightly called Redemptress, Restoress,..and Cause of our Salvation. |