allowern.
/əˈlaʊə/, U.S. /əˈlaʊər/ A person who allows something (in various senses of the verb).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] > approver
allower1528
approver1548
admirer1571
approbator1667
(a) one for ——1682
accorder1860
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
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager
friendOE
procurera1325
fautorc1330
voweec1380
corner-stonec1384
abettor1387
vocatec1390
procurator1395
maintainer?a1400
proctora1413
supporter1426
comforter1483
factorc1503
allower1528
advancer1536
affirmer?1541
agreer1548
encourager1562
fortifierc1565
favourer1567
aim-crier1597
suffragator1606
seconder1623
countenancera1625
affectionate1628
adstipulator1646
flesher1646
fauterera1662
advocate1735
sympathizer1816
sympathista1834
advocator1837
ite1852
rooter1889
spear-carrier1960
1528 T. Wyatt tr. Plutarch Quyete of Mynde sig. a.v Epycure the alower of voluptousnesse.
1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 412 He maketh them witnesses and allowers of his myracle.
1606 King's Declar. 13 This pretended assembly, together with their associates and allowers.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 14 Not onely an Allower, but an humble Petitioner, that..Anabaptists may have due time and means of conviction.
1680 H. Hesketh Piety v. 54 Whoever takes liberty to traduce that great man as an allower of all Opinions, and any Medley in Religion, will be very unjust.
1713 T. H. Form of Holy Scriptural Divinity ii. v. 252 Authors, Imposers, or Allowers of such humane, unscriptural Traditions of Divine Worship.
1760 J. Hanway Sentiments & Advice of Thomas Trueman 23 All would be the enjoyers of indulgence, but not the allowers of it to others.
1809 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 107/1 The stigma attached in other countries to the fosterers and allowers of the Small Pox.
1860 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 397 We, enclosers of all continents, all castes—allowers of all theologies..walk silent among disputes and assertions.
1901 B. Mitford Triumph Hilary Blachland i. xii. 123 Allowances are the most precarious of all means of subsistence, in that they depend solely upon the will and caprice of the allower.
1988 Contemp. Lit. 29 172 The God of theodicy, the allower or even perpetrator of evil.
1997 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 Sept. (Sports section) 1 Noted home-run allower Kevin Foster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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