Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, one who practises embracery.
  • noun One who embraces.

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

  • noun One who embraces.

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  • noun A person who embraces.
  • noun A person guilty of embracery; an embraceor.

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Examples

  • God Almighty is an embracer of love for all people regardless of race, gender – he is not a hater.

    WH set to release text of controversial Obama school speech 2009

  • He's an institutionalist by predisposition, and I think he will show respect to the Tea Party, but I would be shocked if he somehow becomes a full-throated embracer of every aspect of that agenda - which, as you know, is in some ways riven with internal contradictions, and it's hundreds of different kind of groups that could be said to make up the Tea Party.

    'Vanity Fair' Writer: What Will Speaker Boehner Do? 2010

  • An early embracer of the now-saturated collaboration concept, Oki-ni has refocused on carrying exclusives, such as suede creeper boots from George Cox.

    Man Shops Net Sameer Reddy 2011

  • He's an institutionalist by predisposition, and I think he will show respect to the Tea Party, but I would be shocked if he somehow becomes a full-throated embracer of every aspect of that agenda - which, as you know, is in some ways riven with internal contradictions, and it's hundreds of different kind of groups that could be said to make up the Tea Party.

    'Vanity Fair' Writer: What Will Speaker Boehner Do? 2010

  • I'm a big embracer of new technology, but I do try to only buy tech that I'm going to use?

    Suzi Perry: 'I would really like a teleporter' 2010

  • Mark Diacono, head gardener at River Cottage and enthusiastic embracer of the agricultural upside of climate change, is the one who convinced me to give it a go.

    Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's peach recipes 2010

  • He's running as the candidate of change, an embracer of the modern age -- a state-sized Obama.

    Gavin Newsom's Multimedia Offensive Scola, Nancy 2009

  • But...like you, I'm an embracer of change, and I'm starting ww and my marathon training program next week.

    Embracer of Change, That's Me (didn't you know?) Holly 2009

  • TMI in our digital age i think most people would agree that i am generally an embracer of technology and the use of technology to enrich work, lives, arts, &c. in middle school and high school i was the geek who was addicted to video games, excited to learn how to use computers, and spent hours logging on to ...

    TMI in our digital age 2008

  • TMI in our digital age i think most people would agree that i am generally an embracer of technology and the use of technology to enrich work, lives, arts, &c. in middle school and high school i was the geek who was addicted to video games, excited to learn how to use computers, and spent hours logging on to ...

    TMI in our digital age 2008

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