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  • noun Plural form of confirmer.

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Examples

  • But first the boundaries are traversed, and when these have been traversed the promises of the confirmers are set forth.

    The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

  • ‘Was’ is not ‘is: ’ besides, the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapster; they are both the confirmers of false reckonings.

    Act III. Scene IV. As You Like It 1914

  • Recent history has shown that when challenging an apparently solid choice in that regard, it is best to search for small flaws or questionable behavior that could be blown into something outlandish that would give Senate confirmers pause, - i.e. the silly demeaning hearings of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.

    Ventura County Star Stories 2010

  • Recent history has shown that when challenging an apparently solid choice in that regard, it is best to search for small flaws or questionable behavior that could be blown into something outlandish that would give Senate confirmers pause, - i.e. the silly demeaning hearings of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.

    Ventura County Star Stories 2010

  • Like a proud river peering o'er his bounds t Be thefe fad figns confirmers of thy words?

    The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected 1773

  • The mother will lead ye into her own and the colonel’s praises! and Tourville and Mowbray may be both her vouchers — I, and you, and Belton, must be only hearsay confirmers.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

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