desirern.
/dɪˈzʌɪərə/ One who desires.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > one who desires
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c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxxvi There are many desireres of contemplacion.
1548 R. Hutten tr. J. Spangenberg Sum of Diuinitie sig. Avjv It is expedient that ther be many desirers of the office.
?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xiii. 48 Earnest desyrers of innocency.
1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (3rd impr.) sig. C5v He is often a desirer of learning.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 105 Yet never ceased to admonish all desirers of novelty.
a1691 Baxter in Tulloch Eng. Purit. (1861) iii. 366 He was a great desirer of such abatements as might restore us all to serviceableness.
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