favor
noun
something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act.
favorer
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a word derived from
favor.
Example Sentences
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No favorer of races or creeds, Mr. Hayden gave $25 to the Harlem Eye and Ear Hospital.
From Time Magazine Archive
That I am a favorer of freedom is manifest from this law of which ye make mention.
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
Then came the idea that he was the friend and favorer of the righteous,—of the merciful and just.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
The heat of his animosity was directed indeed principally against Arundel and Joy, the Knight coming in for a portion as their favorer and abettor.
From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill
Besides, the daughter of Levi is no favorer of polygamy, nor any other of our sex's privileges.
From The Bravo by Cooper, James Fenimore
