compellern.
/kəmˈpɛlə/ 1. One who compels or constrains.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > one who compels
constrainer1382
forcer1556
compellera1577
enforcer1580
duressora1626
necessitater1654
coercer1811
bulldozer1876
necessitator1904
arm-twister1915
a1577 T. Smith in J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith (1698) App. iii. 116 What pleasure shall the Compelled Party have of the Compeller?
1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 64 That due proportion which should be maintained between the Compellers, and the Compelled.
2. One who drives; figurative one who guides or rules. See also cloud-compeller n. at cloud n. Compounds 2.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides
ruddereOE
guyour13..
lodesmanc1300
guya1375
guidec1385
conduct1423
wisserc1440
guiderc1450
conductor1481
convoyer1488
godfather?1541
pilota1560
compeller1587
godmother1593
prefect1608
Mercurialist1635
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 866/1 That this man was..cheefe compeller, and disposer of the kingdome.
1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 17 Stern compeller of the clouds, thou also shalt hear the voice of the Reimkennar.
1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 181 ‘Zeus father’..compeller of tempests.
1884 Literary Era II. 147 First the creature and then the compeller of the movement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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