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admonisher

NOUN
Dutch uncle
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The truth of this remark was quite manifest; and concluding that I was not exactly suited to the character of admonisher, I never renewed the attempt.

From A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church

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

Admiral Bluewater, my memory needed no admonisher to tell me that.

From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper

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




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