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prizer

American  
[prahy-zer] / ˈpraɪ zər /

noun

Archaic.
  1. a competitor for a prize.


Etymology

Origin of prizer

First recorded in 1590–1600; prize 1 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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A prizer of good company, In manners pleasant and severe; The good him loved, the bad did fear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where be these gallants, and their brave prizer here?

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben

He is an ill prizer of foreign commodity; worse of his own, for that he rates too high, this under value.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

Appeareth no man yet, to answer the prizer? no voice?—Music, give them their summons.

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben

"Varlet!" answered the Varangian, with an emphasis which made the prizer start,—"but—when that trumpet sounds, it is no time for a soldier to punish insolence as it deserves."

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir