Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who invites.

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

  • noun One who, or that which, invites.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone who invites.

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Examples

  • On the one hand it was denounced as an epicurean and obnoxious toy from England, designed to corrupt the democratic simplicity of the Republic, and on the other hand it was attacked by the medical faculty as dangerous to health and a certain inviter of “phthisic, rheumatic fevers, inflammation of the lungs and the whole category of zymotic diseases.”

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  • On the one hand it was denounced as an epicurean and obnoxious toy from England, designed to corrupt the democratic simplicity of the Republic, and on the other hand it was attacked by the medical faculty as dangerous to health and a certain inviter of “phthisic, rheumatic fevers, inflammation of the lungs and the whole category of zymotic diseases.”

    Is H.L. Mencken Alive and Well at the NYT? « Isegoria 2008

  • Jesus never refused an invitation, whether the inviter were a

    Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • The court held that the theatre owner as business "inviter" owed its patron as "business-invitee" an affirmative duty to exercise ordinary case for the patron's safety not just inside the theatre but also including an obligation to advise the patron of off-premises danger that might reasonably be foreseeable.

    Remember Uphaar rememberuphaar 2010

  • When invited to someone's home, should the invitee or the inviter be the first to issue a greeting?

    Miss Manners: Halloween's etiquette imps Post 2010

  • Even before the inviter says, "Please shut the door -- you're letting in flies"?

    Miss Manners: Halloween's etiquette imps Post 2010

  • GENTLE READER -- Even before the inviter says, "Please shut the door -- you're letting in flies"?

    Miss Manners washingtonpost.com 2010

  • DEAR MISS MANNERS -- When invited to someone's home, should the invitee or the inviter be the first to issue a greeting?

    Miss Manners washingtonpost.com 2010

  • Super page, des sujets intéressants et de vous inviter à ma page.

    livre d'or - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • If he or she purchases a deal, the original inviter also gets $5 toward deals.

    A Deal on a Haircut? That's What Friends Are For Katherine Boehret 2010

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