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avenger|əˈvɛndʒə(r)|
[f. avenge v. + -er1.]
1. He who avenges (the injured or the injury).
1535Coverdale Isa. xli. 14 The holyone of Israel thine avenger [Wyclif, aȝeen biere]. ― Josh. xx. 5 Yf the auenger of bloude [Wyclif, blood wreker, venger] folowe vpon him. 1741Middleton Cicero (1742) III. xi. 265 The avenger of so many treasons. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. 130 Time, the avenger, unto thee I lift My hands and eyes. 1876Green Short Hist. i. §1 (1882) 2 Every freeman was his own avenger.
†2. He who takes vengeance on, or punishes (the offender). Cf. avenge v. 3. Obs.
1388Wyclif Ps. viii. 3 That thou destrie the enemy and avengere [1382 veniere]. a1625Boys Wks. (1630) 878 And they be called Auengers in that they persecute the friends of God. 1667Milton P.L. x. 241 Ere this he had return'd, with fury driv'n By his Avenger. |