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
It was lucky we luffed as we did, for, in coming to the wind, the vessel gave a scrape that was a fearful admonisher of what would have happened in another minute.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
The Roman mint was attached to the temple of Juno Moneta, i.e., the admonisher, from monēre, and this name was transferred to the building.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Tactfully, sagaciously, he drew the sufferer to confide in him, to see in him, not so much a spiritual admonisher as a counsellor and a support in worldly difficulties.
From Veranilda by George Gissing
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
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