granter
Example Sentences
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The biggest break from formula arrives through Long, the wish granter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
Of course, that’s exactly the role that “natural law” played for America’s founding fathers, who invoked nature rather than God as the granter of rights and the arbiter of right and wrong.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2015
"Nay, child, it had been as impolitic as unworthy to do so," said the old man; "he who stoops to receive a favor should detract nothing from the generous sentiment of the granter."
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
In the MS. the word may be either "granter" or "grantor."
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
This example was followed by the Laird of Abercairny, who held a tack of the lands of Tullichettle, which Sir William Stirling of Keir, the granter, was called on to warrant.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
