heartener

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hearten +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

heartener (plural hearteners)

  1. One who, or that which, heartens or animates.
    • 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals:
      But as a coward's heartener in war, / The stirring drum, keeps lesser noise from far []

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