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mender|ˈmɛndə(r)|
[f. mend v. + -er1.]
One who mends; a repairer or improver.
a1380Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxviii. 52 Heil mender of euen monnes mynde. 1552[see patcher]. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. i. i. 15. 1774 Goldsm. Retal. 62 The Terence of England, the mender of hearts. 1836E. Howard R. Reefer xxvi, The mender of pens groaned. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 295 A mender of old shoes, or a patcher up of clothes. 1894Rosebery in Times 25 May 8/3, I have always been rather a mender than an ender. |
