resemblern.
/rᵻˈzɛmblə/, U.S. /rəˈzɛmblər/, /riˈzɛmblər/ 1. A person who or thing which resembles or bears comparison with some other person or thing; an imitator; a counterpart.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > that which resembles something else
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assimilate1935
the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > one who resembles another
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1570 T. Knell Piththy Note to Papists sig. Aiv An irreligious traitor was this Felton, trust me true: A fit resembler in our time of Eleazar the Iew.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. li. 297 In this one charger he served up at the bourd all kind of birds that either could sing or say after a man..that he would have the name to eat the resemblers of mans voice [L. ut in iis imitationem hominis manderet].
1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) iii. 188 A body by it self, that has few resemblers in the World.
1700 J. Sergeant Transnatural Philos. i. vii. 167 Nothing can resemble a Thousand but a Thousand, (for the Resembler must be some sort of Number, otherwise it is not at all Like it).
1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxix The great genius of Aristotle, and that of his great resembler, Sir Francis Bacon, saw deeper into the true spirit of poetry.
1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. iv. 87 Your attempt to prove Wordsworth shall I say the rival or the resembler of the ancients?
1893 Chicago Advance 16 Mar. We have been upborne, while our Southern resemblers are waiting still the stirring of their nest.
1961 A. B. Klots & E. B. Klots 1001 Questions answered about Insects xii. 200 American Katydids are excellent leaf resemblers.
1993 B. Schein Plurals & Events v. 97 In the event of Sandy's resembling Robin, Sandy need not be the only resembler.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > typical or representative case > typical or representative thing or person
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1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. 173 Apollo..to haue the presidencie ouer nyne wymen, the resemblers of learning.
1607 Times, Places, & Persons Holie Script. 71 Melchisedech being a heathen, and greater than Abraham, and a resembler of the Sonne of God.
1658 J. Eliot Poems 111 Hence faint resembler of my woes [sc. mourning clothes], adew, I have thoughts sabler, blacker far then you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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