forcer
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forcer1
First recorded in 1550–60; force + -er 1
Origin of forcer2
1300–50; Middle English < Old French
Example Sentences
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The man in the hospital bed on the video call, Rickey Forcer Jr., would be its newest member.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023
“I was crying plenty days and plenty nights. I woke up every morning wishing that I could walk,” she said in that first meeting with Mr. Forcer.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023
“I’ve lived a whole 30 years being able to walk and run, play basketball with my son, box, drive every day,” Mr. Forcer said, “and now I’ve got to learn all that over again?”
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023
“I thought I was going to have a breakdown, I really did,” Forcer, 51, told the Guardian.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2021
And it showed, Paul thought, how easily one might do injustice to a person; for Miss Blimber meant it—although she was a Forcer.
From Ten Boys from Dickens by Williams, George Alfred
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