commendern.
/kəˈmɛndə/ (Chiefly in 17th cent.)
One who commends.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises
lover?c1225
praisera1382
allower1528
advancer1536
commendera1568
emblazoner1591
encomiast1610
lauder1611
benedictor1614
extollera1626
encomiaster1676
exalter1678
preconizer1711
eulogist1808
proneur1809
laudator1825
eulogizer1837
belauder1884
psalmist1884
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. A glad commender of it.
1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 28 Every old man..is a commender of the time past.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 297 He..is his own Commender.
1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking ii. liii. 75 Who unqualified to understand one single Page of Cicero, presumes to set up for his Commender and Patron.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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