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complimenter|ˈkɒmplɪmɛntə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1; cf. Fr. complimenteur.]
One who compliments; a payer of compliments.
[1620–1680see complementer. 1666 Orrery State Lett. (1743) II. 63, I am the worst complimenter in the world.] 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. lxi. 338 My complimenters have told me so. 1754― Grandison I. iii. 13, I both despise and fear a very high complimenter. 1876[see prec.]. 1878Browning Poets Croisic 30 Being to compliment the Duke designed And bring the complimenter credit. |