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deliverern. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French delivreur ; deliver v.1, -er suffix1. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman delivrour and Middle French delivreur (French délivreur ), originally the oblique cases corresponding to Anglo-Norman delivrere , Anglo-Norman and Middle French delivrerre liberator (12th cent. in Old French), person who defends another's interests in a lawsuit (1462; < delivrer deliver v.1 + -ere -er suffix2; compare -eur suffix), and partly (ii) < deliver v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare later deliveror n. and also liberator n. the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who rescues or delivers c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring (1891) xvii. 1 Ha Lord, y shal loue þe, my strengþe, my fasteninge, my refut, and my deliuerer [L. liberator] of iuel. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxix. §7. 247 My helpere and my delyuerere ert thou. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Pref. sig. bijv The woorkes of thy giantes were miraculously ouerthrowne by a woman who deliuered thee from that captiuitie, whereby Thou oughteste to..bee thankefull to thy deliuerer. 1679 R. Carleton ii. 117 As soon as she was ready, her deliverer came to enquire after their Healths. 1781 E. Gibbon III. lxv. 622 He stood forth as the deliverer of his country. 1900 3 Jan. (Fourth ed.) 1/2 The people of Douglas, touched..by the fact that most of their deliverers were brother Colonials with themselves, gave a specially hearty welcome. 2011 P. Kurts 4 Jesus continues to be our Saviour, redeemer and deliverer. the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > handing over or giving up to another > one who hands over society > travel > transport > [noun] > delivery > one who c1443 R. Pecock (1927) 78 (MED) Ȝe, fadir and sone, ben togidere bringers forþ of þe holi goost and delyuers to hym of al þat he haþ and is..ȝitt euer eiþer of ȝou is ful, hool, and parfit bringer forþ of þe same holigoost and ful deliverer of hise goodis, and not oon of ȝou an half brynger and an half deliuerer wiþ oþer. 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6 in (1817) III. 502 Persons assigned by this acte to receyve and conveye suche offender or offendours by indenture to be made betwene the delyverour..and the receyvour. 1622 E. Misselden 104 The Stranger..would be a deliuerer heere of money at a high rate. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in IV. 295 There is..a deliverer of letters to the House of Commons, at 6s. 8d. per day. 1888 25 Aug. 5/3 Each deliverer of milk will possess a share. 2018 @ArabBritishCent 25 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 31 Mar. 2020) No matter how many notes we leave for the deliverer it [sc. the newspaper] still appears every morning and we have to walk it round to the correct address. the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] 1580 T. Cooper 75 We must not therfore beleue, yt he is a true minister of god & a deliuerer of sound Doctrine. 1592 A. Fraunce f. 38 His winged hat and feete shew, that speech and words (whereof Mercury is the best deliuerer) once being vttred, fly without returne. 1642 N. Hall in W. Hall Ep. Ded. Having the free tender of this Sermon, from the Deliverer of it as a pledge of his duty to me: I could not but think it fit..to present it to your Lordship. 1793 I. xi. 96 George, who always shook his head at the deliverer of a rude speech, was vexed. 1913 1 Nov. 374/2 The deliverer of the speech in question admitted that a large number of medical officers were trying to do their duty, but others were not. 1998 19 Jan. ii. 6/6 Time spent on ‘happy talk’, the scripted and unscripted banter between the news deliverers, was attributed to the story that prompted the chatter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.c1350 |
