engrosser
- a word derived from engross.
Example Sentences
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His friend Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador, once called him an "engrosser of antiquities."
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
"Then please," entreated Hubert, "take him away," pointing to the engrosser of their mother.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
The scarcity of Groser, grocer, is not surprising, for the word, aphetic for engrosser, originally meaning a wholesale dealer, one who sold en gros, is of comparatively late occurrence.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
That is usual at the closing of a session, and many bills that had been passed in the last few days came from the engrosser for the signature of the President.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.
He looked well to the care of his pen and inscribed each letter with the patient care of the most skillful engrosser of to-day.
From Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
