admonisher
Example Sentences
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"Do you think he—will let me?" she asked of her admonisher.
From The Road to Providence by Maria Thompson Daviess
I took an opportunity to give him a taste of the end of the main-clew-garnet, as an admonisher; and there the matter ended, so long as I remained in the ship.
From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by James Fenimore Cooper
But if a man censures men's lives without reproving anyone at all by name, pray do you think this man a satirist, and not rather a teacher and admonisher?
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
The novelist found his admonisher in a low state of spirits, and he exerted himself to rouse him from his despondency.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey
P: Remind them, for thou art but an admonisher, S: Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
