admonisher
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Carmen shook her head, and with that peculiar mixture of pride and child-like humility which marked her character, she bowed herself submissively before her faithful admonisher.
From Sister Carmen by M. Corvus
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
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
With which exclamations, followed by idle threats against his admonisher, this condign victim to justice hobbled away, as disdaining to hold further argument with such a rabble.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
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
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