preserver
/pɹəˈzɝvɝ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who preserves.
noun
noun
A person who refinishes furniture.
Example Sentences
- "Like lightning Numa turned upon this new enemy, and, defenseless as he was, Tarzan of the Apes was nearer to death that instant than he ever before had been. It was the black who saved him. The warrior realized in an instant that he owed his life to this strange white man, and he also saw that only a miracle could save his preserver from those fierce yellow fangs that had been so near to his own flesh."
Etymology
Etymology tree English preserve Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English preserver From preserve + -er.