urgern.
/ˈəːdʒə/, U.S. /ˈərdʒər/ 1.
a. One who urges or incites. Also with on.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates
prickera1382
stirrerc1384
enticerc1386
exciter1387
risera1398
solicitor1412
erterc1440
prompter1440
stirrer?1533
motionerc1535
author1546
onsetter1549
stinger1552
setter-on1560
incentor1570
incensora1575
mover1578
whetter1579
out-hounder1596
hounder1597
egger on1598
inciter1598
instigator1598
urger1598
motive1600
fomenter1607
inflamer1609
fetcher in?1611
provokera1616
putter-ona1616
monitor1616
spurrer1632
outputter1639
poddera1640
commoter1646
impulsor1653
shaker and mover1874
agent provocateur1888
impeller1889
sooler1935
spark plug1941
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scongiuratore, a conspirer, a coniurer, an vrger.
1605 W. Bradshaw Eng. Puritanisme v. 29 They hould that such an ooth (on the vrgers part) is most damnable.
1659 F. Osborne Misc. 149 I confesse Necessity cannot onely abate the Edge of these Reasons; but turne their Poynts against the Urger.
1704 T. D'Urfey Broken Commands in Tales 282 'Twas past all Bounds before, And needed not an urger on.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxix. 274 To what end is a promise..obtained, if the urger suspects not the fitness of his addresses.
1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights iv. i, in Comedies 249 The urgers-on of nimble steeds.
1892 Temple Bar Dec. 496 Scott..was the tempter and urger in a ruinous policy.
1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. vi. iii The Eternal Urger, pressing change on change.
b. A man who obtains money illegally or discreditably, esp. as a tipster at a racecourse. Australian slang.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > tout or tipster
touter1812
prophet1843
tipster1861
tout1864
urger1919
race-reader1926
1919 V. Marshall World of Living Dead 69 The truly light-fingered gentry, the racecourse urger (tip slinger), the magsman..never hesitate to express their contempt for the more roughly inclined of the profession.
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Mar. 40/3 He was a tout or an urger, I gathered. ‘Mixed up in racecourses,’ was the way she put it.
1960 A. Kimmins Lugs O'Leary v. 74 ‘An urger,’ explained Lugs patiently, ‘is a man who looks around for suckers like you and tips each one a different horse. Someone's got to win.’
2. An instigator or advocate, an earnest supporter or presenter, of something. Now rare.In frequent use c1620–1670.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > specifically of a cause, principle, or practice
sustainer?a1439
patron1466
favourer1542
urger1574
patriot1631
espouser1645
advocater1647
voucher1677
protagonist1880
1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. ccxv From whose..pennes, the vrgers of theis [letters] receiued first the light off the gospell.
1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 39 Marcus Cato, the perpetuall urger of the destruction thereof.
1640 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 114 The Author and Urger of some Particular Changes.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 209 The Urgers of the forementioned Objection.
1847 Coventry Dick in Brown Horæ Subs. (1882) 406 Nought detains the urger of these pleas, But dinners.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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