coverern.
/ˈkʌvərə/ 1.
a. One who covers.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > one who or that which conceals
hiderc1374
coverer1393
heelera1586
secreter1755
hugger-mugger1862
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > one who or that which covers
roofOE
coverer1393
shroudera1591
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 176 Constantyn shal be here cook and couerer of here churche.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. vi. 112 The eye lyddes ben the helers and couerars of the eyen.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Velador A coueror.
1641 Disc. Pr. Henry in Harl. Misc. III. 527 No coverer of his thoughts.
1861 R. C. Trench Comm. Epist. 7 Churches Asia 205 The true coverer of the nakedness of man.
b. A thing that covers; a cover.
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1792 Trans. Soc. Arts 10 142 Then side stones, and a stone coverer were put in.
c. One who shields from legal penalties, spec. a qualified medical man who is employed by an unqualified man. (See cover v.1 10b.)
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1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Nov. 5/2 The removal from the register of the person who acts as ‘coverer’, which is the term applied to the qualified man.
2. spec.† a. One who covers or roofs building, etc. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > roofer
coverer1725
roofer1832
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Slate Helliers or Coverers with Slate.
1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 Antiquities 173/2 Tilers, and other coverers.
b. Military. He who covers the man in front of him: see cover v.1 12.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier who practises drill or evolution > [noun] > others
dresser1793
coverer1796
goose-stepper1923
point man1944
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 9 When any of those officers..shift from their proper places..their coverers occupy such place during their absence, and on their return again resign it.
1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 101 The Standard and his Coverer resume their posts.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. xi. 203 He is covering sergeant of my company, and the smartest coverer we have.
3. With defining word prefixed, as boat-coverer, bonnet-coverer, flask-coverer, etc.
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1723 London Gaz. No. 6172/11 Henry Hunt..Flask-Coverer.
a1779 J. Cook Voy. VI. iv. ix. (R.) The women..are the..boat-builders or boat-coverers.
1887 Hackney Gaz. 9 Feb. 2/7 Wanted..Bonnet-Coverers—Velvet and beaders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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