thirster

English

Etymology

thirst +‎ -er

Noun

thirster (plural thirsters)

1. Someone who thirsts.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vi:

     Let’s cheere our ſouldiers to incounter him,
     That grieuous image of ingratitude:
     That fiery thirſter after Soueraigntie:
     And burne him in the fury of that flame,
     That none can quench but blood and Empery.

References

• “thirster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• stirreth