waymaker
English
Etymology
way + maker
Noun
waymaker (plural waymakers)
- One who makes a way; a precursor; pioneer; pathfinder.
- a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Expostulation to Lord Coke
- Christ never comes before his waymaker
- a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Expostulation to Lord Coke
Related terms
- waymaking
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for waymaker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)