beckon
verb (used with or without object)
to signal, summon, or direct by a gesture of the head or hand.
beckoner
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a word derived from
beckon.
Example Sentences
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At the present moment Phillis was beckoner, while Dolly, Dermott, and the Admiral stood meekly in line awaiting selection.
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Hay, Ian
Albeit I follow fast, In all life's circuit I but find, Not where thou art, but where thou wast, Sweet beckoner, more fleet than wind!
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
Lord James hastily focussed his glasses upon the beckoner.
From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames
The sitter arose and walked out quietly, and went with the beckoner and looked in at the lid, and saw what had once been a boy with soft eyes and tender heart.
From Trumps by Curtis, George William
The Organ is a beckoner and encourager, designed to inspire the members to renewed efforts to produce work worthy of symbolising the United.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
