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Definition of Righters
1. righter [n] - See also: righter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Righters
Literary usage of Righters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"As the room filled up, Joel Curtis was nominated for chairman by the Equal
righters, and as he started toward the platform a banner inscribed " Joel Curtis, ..."
2. Her Royal Highness Woman and His Majesty by Max O'Rell (1901)
"CHAPTER XXXI THE WOMAN I HATE Women-righters—Electric fluids—The bearded ...
Poor women-righters! They cannot be men, and they want to cease to be women. ..."
3. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"... The line of the eleven Divine righters (barring the Great Commoner), who
imagined they ruled New England, began with James I and ended with George III. ..."
4. The Island of Nantucket: What it was and what it is : Being a Complete Index by Edward K. Godfrey (1882)
"... the teetotalers, who smiled when the moderator announced, Yes, 106, No, 196!
and the " woman's-righters," who were perfectly convulsed with laughter. ..."
5. A History of the People of the United States, from the Revolution to the by John Bach McMasters (1906)
"As the room filled up, Joel Curtis was nominated for chairman by the Equal
righters, and as he started toward the platform ..."
6. The Code of Procedure of the State of New York: As Amended to 1871, with by New York (State), William Wait (1871)
"righters, 13 How. 43. б. Amendment.—After the service is complete, the court can
... righters, 13 How 43. /. Power of the court. — The court may set aside a ..."
7. A Political History of the State of New York by De Alva Stanwood Alexander (1906)
"The Equal righters promptly relighted them with loco-foco or friction matches
and continued the meeting. From this circumstance they were called ..."
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