Definition of Countenancer

1. n. One who countenances, favors, or supports.

Definition of Countenancer

1. Noun. One who countenances, favours, or supports. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Countenancer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countenancer

countable noun
countable nouns
countable set
countably
countably additive
countably infinite
countback
countbacks
countdown
countdowns
counted
counted angels on pinheads
counted coup
countenance
countenanced
countenancer (current term)
countenancers
countenances
countenancing
countenaunce
counter
counter-
counter-attack
counter-attacked
counter-attacking
counter-attacks
counter-clockwise
counter-couchant
counter-countermeasure
counter-drill

Literary usage of Countenancer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Are you her Grace's countenancer, lady? ¡¡•-•m. and /•'( . ... Those Ingenuous and friendly men who were ever the countenancer* of vertuous and hopefull ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"For by calling him Father (whiles he nourisheth any known sins in his heart), he makes him author and countenancer of his mischievous imaginations. ..."

3. Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1907)
"... by reason of the long acquaintance he had with this King that so earnestly entreated him now to be his friend, his countenancer, his Captaine and ..."

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