favour
noun
favourer
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a word derived from
favour.
Example Sentences
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We were surprised to find that this was thought by some to be a suspicious circumstance, and that it showed Mr. Edgeworth to be a favourer of the rebels!
From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 by Augustus J. C. Hare
It was even said that secretly she was a favourer of the Christians.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
Lady Clonbrony, possessed by the idea that it was disadvantageous to appear as an Irishwoman or as a favourer of Ireland, began to be embarrassed by Lady St. James's repeated thanks.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Maria Edgeworth
And yet, though the hereditary favourer, and one of the chief props of French authority, he has always 73 an eye upon the past.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
