Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who establishes, in any sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who establishes.

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  • noun A person who establishes something

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Examples

  • The number eight being the first cube of an even number, and the double of the first square, seemed to be an emblem of the steadfast and immovable power of this god, who from thence has the names of Asphalius and Gaeiochus, that is, the establisher and stayer of the earth.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Gaeiochus, that is, the establisher and stayer of the earth.

    The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884

  • O, grand establisher of the Holy Holiday of Halloween, we salute you!

    Halloween at Public School! Anne Johnson 2008

  • The wonderful Bank, of which he was the chief projector, establisher, and manager, was the latest of the many Merdle wonders.

    Little Dorrit 2007

  • The sphere of (naturally) released nirvana, the great spontaneous establisher (of all appearances – this is) the deepest truth, pure from the start.

    A Precious Garland for the Four Themes (of Gampopa) Klong-chen Rab-'byams-pa Dri-med 'od-zer 2007

  • If Nebuchadnezzar had written his memoirs, he would have included the following information: “King of Babylon; owner of massive wealth; commander of an unstoppable army that conquered the known world; establisher of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world—the beautiful hanging gardens.”

    Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007

  • If Nebuchadnezzar had written his memoirs, he would have included the following information: “King of Babylon; owner of massive wealth; commander of an unstoppable army that conquered the known world; establisher of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world—the beautiful hanging gardens.”

    Puzzlements & Predicaments of the Bible Linda Washington 2007

  • Fathi Yakan, a follower of Sayyid Qutb, is believed to be the main establisher of the new Front, which brings together major Sunni organizations from all parts of Lebanon which altogether include several thousand members, aiming to “fill an existing gap” and “create an authoritative body for the Sunnis in Lebanon”, that will “work in co-operation with the other authoritative bodies”.

    Smacking Around the Bigots, the Jeffersonian Way « Whatever 2007

  • Life, he himself said once, (his biografiend, in fact, kills him verysoon, if yet not, after) is a wake, livit or krikit, and on the bunk of our bread-winning lies the cropse of our seedfather, a phrase which the establisher of the world by law might pretinately write across the chestfront of all manorwombanborn.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • And to come to some particular example I say, that among other things that have to be considered by an establisher of a Republic is to examine into whose hands he places the authority of blood [death] over its own Citizens.

    Discourses 2003

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