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The English deposed Edward II., seconded the activity of Edward III,, and condemned and banished the proscriber Richard.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

Chip was a confirmed vegetarian, a proscriber of all animal nourishment, of all fermented liquors, half a Mussulman, half a Brahman.

From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules

I would rather be proscribed than be a proscriber.

From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Hugo, Victor