Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One, such as a person or a machine, that addresses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who addresses or petitions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who gives an address or speech.
- noun A person who addresses (applies an address to an object to be delivered to a particular location).
- noun A machine that addresses.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Emin, too, is a caresser and addresser when it comes to verbal and conceptual certainties and ambiguities.
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All my fear arises from the little hold I have in the heart of this charming frost-piece: such a constant glow upon her lovely features: eyes so sparkling: limbs so divinely turned: health so florid: youth so blooming: air so animated — to have an heart so impenetrable: and I, the hitherto successful Lovelace, the addresser — How can it be?
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Moving past the salutation, the farewell addresser must pass two tests: first, to exhibit none of the bitterness he feels toward his carping critics, and second, to say good-bye.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Moving past the salutation, the farewell addresser must pass two tests: first, to exhibit none of the bitterness he feels toward his carping critics, and second, to say good-bye.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Indeed her only recognized position was as an able addresser of envelopes.
Main Street 2004
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Afin d'attester la sincerite et la chaleur de l'accueil que nous vous accordons Monsieur le Ministee, je tacherai de vous addresser quelques paroles en francais.
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MR. FISHER: Monsieur le President, Mesdames et Messieurs; Il me fait grand plaisir de vous addresser la parole en francais.
John Fisher Reports 1950
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* -- I think, after such a scene, an addresser must feel a little humiliated, and would return without finding his pride greatly increased by his mission.
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* -- I think, after such a scene, an addresser must feel a little humiliated, and would return without finding his pride greatly increased by his mission.
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The P. 's have now got the book, and like it very much; their niece Eleanor has recommended it most warmly to them -- _She_ looks like a rejected addresser.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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