favorer

English

Alternative forms

favourer

Etymology

From Middle English favourer, favourere; equivalent to favor +‎ -er.

Noun

favorer (plural favorers)

One who favors.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, OCLC 55195564, page 1612:
  Of personage hee was tall and mightie […] , in wit & memorie verie perfect: of suche maiestie tempered with humanitie, as best became so noble & high an estate: a great fauorer of learning, as he that was not ignorant of good letters himselfe, and for his greate magnificence and liberalitie, his renoune was spread through the whole world.
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act I, scene 4]:
  […] by the semblance
  Of their white flags display’d, they bring us peace,
  And come to us as favourers, not as foes.
- 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, Volume 3, Number 89, 22 January, 1751, p. 161,
  Locke, whom there is no reason to suspect of being a favourer of idleness or libertinism, has advanced, that whoever hopes to employ any part of his time with efficacy and vigour, must allow some of it to pass in trifles.
- 1845, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni, London: Chapman & Hall, 1853, Dedicatory Epistle, First prefixed to the Edition of 1845, p. vi,
  I love it not the less because it has been little understood, and superficially judged by the common herd. It was not meant for them. I love it not the more, because it has found enthusiastic favourers amongst the Few.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Beach of Falesá” in Island Nights' Entertainments, London: Cassell, 1893, p. 66,
  I’m no missionary, nor missionary lover; I’m no Kanaka, nor favourer of Kanakas—I’m just a trader; I’m just a common, low-down, God-damned white man and British subject, the sort you would like to wipe your boots on.

Synonyms

ally, backer, patron, proponent, supporter

Anagrams

overfar

Dalmatian

Etymology

Compare Italian favorire.

Verb

favorer

to favour, promote, encourage, prefer, further, support

Middle English

Noun

favorer

Alternative form of favourere

单词	favorer
释义	favorer English Alternative forms favourer Etymology From Middle English favourer, favourere; equivalent to favor +‎ -er. Noun favorer (plural favorers) One who favors. 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, OCLC 55195564, page 1612: Of personage hee was tall and mightie […] , in wit & memorie verie perfect: of suche maiestie tempered with humanitie, as best became so noble & high an estate: a great fauorer of learning, as he that was not ignorant of good letters himselfe, and for his greate magnificence and liberalitie, his renoune was spread through the whole world. c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act I, scene 4]: […] by the semblance Of their white flags display’d, they bring us peace, And come to us as favourers, not as foes. 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, Volume 3, Number 89, 22 January, 1751, p. 161, Locke, whom there is no reason to suspect of being a favourer of idleness or libertinism, has advanced, that whoever hopes to employ any part of his time with efficacy and vigour, must allow some of it to pass in trifles. 1845, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni, London: Chapman & Hall, 1853, Dedicatory Epistle, First prefixed to the Edition of 1845, p. vi, I love it not the less because it has been little understood, and superficially judged by the common herd. It was not meant for them. I love it not the more, because it has found enthusiastic favourers amongst the Few. 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Beach of Falesá” in Island Nights' Entertainments, London: Cassell, 1893, p. 66, I’m no missionary, nor missionary lover; I’m no Kanaka, nor favourer of Kanakas—I’m just a trader; I’m just a common, low-down, God-damned white man and British subject, the sort you would like to wipe your boots on. Synonyms ally, backer, patron, proponent, supporter Anagrams overfar Dalmatian Etymology Compare Italian favorire. Verb favorer to favour, promote, encourage, prefer, further, support Middle English Noun favorer Alternative form of favourere
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