Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wields, employs, manages, or possesses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
wields something, especiallypower - noun obsolete A
manager
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Examples
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But the wielder is just as thick? on January 20, 2009 at 6: 12 pm | Reply Carter Magna
Thanks For Telling Me What I Think « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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All the other characters have only their fists, save for Chou'un Shiryuu (the sword wielder who always has her eyes closed).
Anime Nano! 2008
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- The one and only limitation for Telepathy that you really need is that it is the mental strength of the wielder versus the mental strength of the person who he or she is trying to read.
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As a wielder of the Witchblade, Sarais granted many unique abilities, including the power to heal herself, to create armor over her skin, to shoot energy blasts, to extend razor sharp tendrils and even the power to fly.
Hero/Villain of the Week! « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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One of the reasons that the sword became a “mystical weapon” is that it could not outreach a halberd/pike/staff … and that, therefore, the royal guard could keep a mere sword-wielder out of reach of the King.
When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009
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‘The one and only limitation for Telepathy that you really need is that it is the mental strength of the wielder versus the mental strength of the person who he or she is trying to read.’
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The sledge-wielder pours out more strength and certitude and joy in every blow than do you in your whole sheaf of songs.
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Certainly, but I do not share your confidence that the law is so readily wielded as a scalpel, rather than a hammer, or that the wielder of such a tool will ever be so sympathetic to the values we share.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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Each word in the lexicon, though technically equal to any other, derived its potency from its gelastic index - a calculation consisting of letter count, syllabic complexity, and its mirthpoint, as experienced by the word's wielder.
High Jinks Mark Flanagan 2011
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I don't prefer e-reading either, but seriously, if someone had a GUN to my head (an actual LOADED gun), I'd read it out loud, change my voice for characters, act out the scenes, the whole nine yards ... and then buy the gun-wielder a drink afterward, just to seal the life-preserving deal.
You Asked For It 2009
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