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
Admiral Bluewater, my memory needed no admonisher to tell me that.
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
Blessed Heaven! deny not to my prayers, my friend, my admonisher, my adviser, at a time so critical to myself.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Samuel Richardson
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
Horace was a mild admonisher, a court satirist, fit for the gentle times of Augustus, and more fit for the reasons which I have already given.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden
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