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Definition of Earwitness
1. n. A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer.
Definition of Earwitness
1. Noun. A witness who gives evidence of what he has heard ¹
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Definition of Earwitness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Earwitness
Literary usage of Earwitness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The life of Edward earl of Clarendon, written by himself. [on large paper by Edward Hyde (1857)
"the most lively colours, being himself a frequent eye and earwitness of it.
He had a mortal quarrel with the lady, and was at this time so much in the ..."
2. Dissertations upon the principles and arrangement of a harmony of the by Edward Greswell (1837)
"With regard to the second assumption; it is no necessary consequence, that because
a prior Evangelist was an eyewitness or an earwitness of ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This "presbyter", who finds it sufficient to use such an honorary title without
qualification as his proper name, and was likewise an eye- and earwitness of ..."
4. A History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1853)
"... earwitness often per- 97, 13ti. Gorton, 59. Hubbard, suades memory into a
belief of 441, and 365. The traditionary ac- inventions. ..."
5. Studies in Modern German Literature: Sundermann; Hauptmann; Women Writers of by Otto Heller (1905)
"In the third act he is the horrified earwitness of Magda's secret. Events now
follow one another with sweeping force. The old soldier, beside himself with ..."
6. Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon: From Ajaccio to Waterloo, as Soldier by Laure Junot Abrantès (1901)
"B This conversation was reported to me by an earwitness, who was then and always
about the Emperor. The scene was so much the more violent as the Emperor ..."
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