emptiern.
/ˈɛm(p)tɪə/, U.S. /ˈɛm(p)tiər/ A person who or thing which empties something.Frequently with distinguishing word; cf. also purse-emptier n. at purse n. Compounds 2.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > emptying > one who or that which
emptier1560
voider1589
1560 Bible (Geneva) Nahum ii. 2 The emptiers haue emptied them out, & marred their vine branches.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. vi. 129 In the nature of balsamick salt thou hast..a purger, and an universal emptier.
1659 E. Larkin True Effigies 21 They would very often call him Phreanthes, which..signifies one that is an Emptier of Wells.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) at Tom s—rd An emptier of houses of office, or privies.
1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 53 Dear sober emptyers o' the glass!
1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 269 The..cesspool-emptiers are town officials.
1913 Progressive Med. 3 50 Of his three methods, that for which he claimed the best results, as an emptier of cavities, was the local application of weights.
1960 C. Isherwood Diary 5 June (2011) I. 859 Gore [Vidal] said, ‘She's the last of the great room-emptiers.’
1964 Life 28 Feb. 69/2 He is a compulsive neatener of rooms and emptier of ash trays.
2010 A. M. Smith Charming Quirks of Others vi. 94 A good and conscientious emptier of rubbish bins, she suggested, was better in moral terms, surely, than a self-serving accountant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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