Definition of Chancer

1. Noun. (British slang) An opportunist ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chancer

1. an opportunist [n -S] - See also: opportunist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chancer

chancelleries
chancellery
chancellor
chancellories
chancellors
chancellorship
chancellorships
chancellory
chancellour
chancellours
chancellourship
chancelor
chancelour
chancelry
chancels
chancer (current term)
chanceries
chancers
chancery
chances
chances are
chancest
chanceth
chancey
chancier
chanciest
chancily
chanciness
chancinesses
chancing

Literary usage of Chancer

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

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"Secondly—Tyrwhitt's theory that chancer, from his intimacy wilh Ihe more advanced French and Italian poetry, adopted their measure, and stamped art upon a ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... found in chancer, and Spenser himself. See LICH. t UNLIKELY. Unexpected. See PROPER. Here have happened two or three accidents of late, ..."

3. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"ing,) be and they are hereby directed and impowered on judgment thereon had, to chancer said bond down to the sum of £132 Qs. Qd. and render judgment ..."

4. The Lansdowne ms (No. 851) of Chaucer's Canterury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1879)
"Essays OH chancer, his Words a,tri Works, Part IV. 11. ... Essays on chancer, his Words and Works, Part VI, by Prof. Cowell, LL.D., Alois Brandl, Ph.D., ..."

5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1887)
"having once vested in the charity, does not go to the heirs at law as a resulting trust, but is to be applied by the court of chancer)-, in the exercise of ..."

6. The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick James Furnivall (1879)
"8. Alliteration in chancer, by Dr. Panl Lindner. y. chancer a ... chancer as Forester of North Petherton, Somerset, 1390—1400. by Walford D. Selby, Est>. ..."

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