Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who recovers; a recoveror.
- noun Aid; help; recovery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who recovers.
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- noun
Agent noun ofrecover ; one who recovers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who saves something from danger or violence
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think they know I'm a speedy recoverer, but who knows?
Clinton Portis said he's not likely to play Sunday against Packers Cindy Boren 2010
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Maybe nothing is more selfish than a committed drunk become a committed recoverer, which may explain why I said, "Don't think about moving up here."
Director's Cut 2005
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Maybe nothing is more selfish than a committed drunk become a committed recoverer, which may explain why I said, "Don't think about moving up here."
Director's Cut 2005
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Maybe nothing is more selfish than a committed drunk become a committed recoverer, which may explain why I said, "Don't think about moving up here."
Director's Cut 2005
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But she says that because some resorts were left standing, the island can recoverer.
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But she says that because some resorts were left standing, the island can recoverer.
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But she says that because some resorts were left standing, the island can recoverer.
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A few people saw this plane go down into the ocean, and they're still looking to recoverer the flight recorders.
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Thirdly, Wherein this giving consisteth; of which I cannot find whether they mean by it the appointment of Christ to be a recoverer, or his actual exhibition in the flesh for the accomplishment of his ministration.
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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But surely he must know that never during his lifetime can he be more than a recoverer of lost works; however brilliant, he can only do what others before him had done.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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