choosern.
/ˈtʃuːzə/, U.S. /ˈtʃuzər/ a. One who chooses.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] > one who chooses
chooser138.
eligent1601
138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 413 Alle þes cheseris cannot telle wheþer þei han chose a fend.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. A.v Beggers shulde be no choosers.
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 22v The greedinesse of worldly chusers.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. vi. 11 Her selfe might be her chooser . View more context for this quotation
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Epistles vii. 65 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) We cannot be the Chusers of our Own Parents, but of our Friends we may.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 475 Beggars must not be Choosers.
1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. l. 17 Pickers and choosers of God's words.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > elector
choosera1387
elisor1433
elector1467
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 309 He [schulde be pope] þat hadde þe more partye of þe chesers assentynge to his allectioun.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. vii. 16 The eliseurs or chesars ought more to pourueye to the wele of the offyce.
1642 King Charles I Answer xix. Propositions Parl. 21 The people who chuse the Chusers.
1697 View Penal Laws 320 None shall be Choosers or Voters, but such as can expend 40s. per annum.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 755 A College, or court of choosers or electors.
1805 Ann. Rev. 3 289 The choosers vary every election.
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