Etymology
Origin of improver
Example Sentences
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From his 115-acre, upstate New York farm, Breed Improver and erstwhile Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace, 72, came to the defense of the harried incumbent, Orville Freeman.
From Time Magazine Archive
A culpable slyness, which marked him as a boy, had been moulded by Time, the Improver, into honourable circumspection.
From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas
Each Improver set out, or caused to be set out, five ornamental trees.
From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Being a strong, healthy lad, he had no difficulty in finding work in the blacksmith's shop at the Pencarrow Mines, where he was called an Improver.
From The Day of Judgment by Hocking, Joseph
That night there was blank dismay in every Avonlea house where an Improver lived.
From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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