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Definition of Hankerer
1. one that hankers [n -S] - See also: hankers
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hankerer
Literary usage of Hankerer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1903)
"... plainly how Webster, from the time he became a popular idol and a hankerer
after the presidency, changed steadily from the statesman to the politician. ..."
2. The New Era in American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1919)
"... have the record of what might well have been a mixture of the immortal genius
and a very mortal hankerer after peace, position and small-town prestige. ..."
3. The New Era in American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1919)
"... have the record of what might well have been a mixture of the immortal genius
and a very mortal hankerer after peace, position and small-town prestige. ..."
4. Greek Leaders by Leslie White Hopkinson (1918)
"It was inevitable that Aristides, no reactionary, no hankerer after oligarchy,
but a convinced and loyal constitutional democrat, should yet, just because ..."
5. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"Dr. Boynton is a fervent believer In spiritualism—or. rather, an ardent hankerer
after fervent belief ..."
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