Definition of Espousers

1. Noun. (plural of espouser) ¹

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Definition of Espousers

1. espouser [n] - See also: espouser

Lexicographical Neighbors of Espousers

espionages
esplanade
esplanaded
esplanades
esplees
espontoon
espontoons
espousage
espousal
espousals
espouse
espoused
espouser
espousers
espouses
espousing
espressivo
espresso
espresso breve
espresso maker
espresso shop
espressos
espringal
espringals
esprise
esprit
esprit d'escalier
esprit de corps

Literary usage of Espousers

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

1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"... or any thing so unworthy or absurd in itself, but (At* would have a party and supporters, and that votaries and espousers, to vindicate them, ..."

2. Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures, (now by Junius, John Mason Good (1812)
"... warmest of its oldest espousers. He was elected to the chair January 22, 1770, on the resignation of Sir John Cust, through ill health, and who died on ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... of methodism in particular will consider themselves as misrepresented, and the espousers of patriotic principles will deem themselves unfairly used. ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"But the espousers of organism reply to the latter questions, that generation presupposes an organization for the specific purpose, ..."

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