betterern.

Brit.

/ˈbɛt(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈbɛdərər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: better v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < better v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

A person who or thing which makes something better; an improver.world-betterer: see world n. Compounds 4a(b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > one who improves

mendera1382

raisera1400

betterer1600

improver1613

meliorator1782

ameliorator1930

1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xix. sig. L3^v I sinne not though I betake my selfe to the secret betterer of mindes, Contemplation.

1653 H. Harflete Banquet of Ess. v. 25 Discretion must be involved in a tartnes, lest he become corrosor rather then corrector, a batterer not betterer by his words.

1791 W. Taylor tr. G. E. Lessing Nathan the Wise (1805) iii. 147 Henceforth I hope I shall with reason bear one of my titles—‘Betterer of the world and of the law’.

1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) i. 116 Not a betterer of the old life of man, but the bringer in of a new.

1911 Chicago Theolog. Seminary Reg. May 8 If all of them could be..made betterers of social conditions, as well as inspirers of individual souls.

1979 E. Duffy Rousseau in Eng. 7 Would-be betterers of the human condition.

2013 www.debatepolitics.com 22 July (O.E.D. Archive) So businesses never do things that are harmful to others, huh? Lily white betterers of the world without exception, huh?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	betterer
释义	betterern. Brit. /ˈbɛt(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈbɛdərər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: better v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < better v.¹ + -er suffix¹. A person who or thing which makes something better; an improver.world-betterer: see world n. Compounds 4a(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > one who improves mendera1382 raisera1400 betterer1600 improver1613 meliorator1782 ameliorator1930 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xix. sig. L3^v I sinne not though I betake my selfe to the secret betterer of mindes, Contemplation. 1653 H. Harflete Banquet of Ess. v. 25 Discretion must be involved in a tartnes, lest he become corrosor rather then corrector, a batterer not betterer by his words. 1791 W. Taylor tr. G. E. Lessing Nathan the Wise (1805) iii. 147 Henceforth I hope I shall with reason bear one of my titles—‘Betterer of the world and of the law’. 1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) i. 116 Not a betterer of the old life of man, but the bringer in of a new. 1911 Chicago Theolog. Seminary Reg. May 8 If all of them could be..made betterers of social conditions, as well as inspirers of individual souls. 1979 E. Duffy Rousseau in Eng. 7 Would-be betterers of the human condition. 2013 www.debatepolitics.com 22 July (O.E.D. Archive) So businesses never do things that are harmful to others, huh? Lily white betterers of the world without exception, huh? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1600
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