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Definition of Compeller
1. n. One who compels or constrains.
Definition of Compeller
1. Noun. Agent noun of compel; one who compels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compeller
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compeller
Literary usage of Compeller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hedaya, Or Guide: A Commentary on the Mussulman Laws by ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr] [al-Marghīnānī, Charles Hamilton (1870)
"The owner of the property must in this instance take his compensation from the
compeller : because the compelled is merely the instrument of the compeller ..."
2. The Law Relating to Gifts, Trusts, and Testamentary Dispositions Among the by Syed Ameer Ali (1885)
"It is to be observed that in the same manner as it is essential to the establishment
of compulsion, that the compeller be able to carry his menace into ..."
3. Essentials of Social Psychology by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1918)
"The crowd compeller leads the group, frequently, after false gods, ... The crowd
compeller forces his will upon the group, instead of being the spokesman of ..."
4. The Pirate by Walter Scott (1822)
"you are not of my element" '' Let us be friends then, old clod-compeller," ...
Clod-compeller r said the agriculturist, bethinking himself of the lore of ..."
5. Novels and romances of the author of Waverley by Walter Scott (1824)
"Clod-compeller!" said the agriculturist, bethinking himself of the lore of his
earlier days; " Clod-compeller pro cloud-compeller, ..."
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