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单词 striver
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strivern.

Brit. /ˈstrʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˈstraɪvər/
Forms: Also Middle English stryfer, Middle English stryvar, Middle English–1500s stryver.
Etymology: < strive v. + -er suffix1.
1. One who strives with others; a contender, competitor. †In early use also, one given to strife, a contentious person.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who
fighterc1300
strivera1400
contender1547
struggler1554
contentioner1593
militant1610
contendent1623
combatant1646
conflicter1658
counter-scufflera1672
agonist1687
scrambler1687
protagonist1837
belligerent1839
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness > quarrelsome person
conteckerc1300
brawler1377
strivera1400
debater1413
tuilyier1444
briguer1496
Sir Wrig-wraga1529
brabbler1570
squarer1600
pickeerer1656
rafflerc1750
roit1825
pickeer1888
a1400 New Test. (Paues) 1 Cor. xi. 16 Ȝif þer be any of ȝow a stryfer.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 115 A full fface..bytokyns a stryuer, a dyscordour.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 480/1 Stryvar, litigator, rixator.
1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 81v/2 Alexandre hadde stryfe 17 yere, and the foure stryvers that the Emperour set agaynst hym he overcame them and cursyd them.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFviiiv It is nat conuenyent the seruaunt of god to be a striuer or a brauler.
1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1660) vii. 9 391 The sealed ones were strivers; these are victors, Therefore must succeed them as victory doth to fighting.
1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. vi. 152 The case of the striver against Circumstance.
2. One who makes strenuous effort or endeavour.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > one who strives or struggles
wrestlera1340
struggler1554
striver1555
scrambler1687
grappler1865
battler1898
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. D.ii He stryueth ageynst the streme, by custums scoole That stryuer is eyther a fyshe or a foole.
1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Misc. (1840) I. 198 In all his lofty aspirings, his strivings after truth.., it has never struck him to inquire how he, the striver, was warranted for such enterprises.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 275 This truly modern striver and thinker.
1887 Pall Mall Budget 27 Jan. 29/1 He was a diligent striver after perfection.
3. ? Used jocularly for: A partner in the dance.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > partner in the dance
striver1616
society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > couple > partner
striver1616
partner1623
dancing-partner1920
1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie ii. sig. D2 Take thy striuer, and pace her till shee stew. Sa. Sure Sir, I cannot daunce with your Gentlewoman.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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