resorter
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A frequenter.
noun
One who travels somewhere for recreation; a tourist or holidayer.
noun
The process by which property that was previously transferred or granted to a new owner reverts or is reclaimed by the original owner or that person's heirs.
noun
Some or something that sorts previously sorted items.
Example Sentences
- "He is a frequent resorter to medicinal aids and appliance to combat old age and infirmity , but it is always God Who prescribes for him ."
- "In Aristophanes' Wasps, Cleon loses his role as a frequent resorter to charges of conspiracy to elderly jurors, described as his ardent followers and fans, as well as to ordinary Athenians."
- "He was a "frequent resorter” to John Digby, now Lord Digby, Privy Councilor and the person the king relied on for the Spanish marriage negotiations."
- "As 'a common resorter to the houses of Popish recusants and a scoffer of goodness and good men' [i.e. Puritans] he could expect no less from the parliamentary authorities."
- "Furthermore, the brothel's mistress is 'bound' to this governor (60); by implication, Lysimachus is a regular 'resorter', all too familiar with the iniquitous business in hand."
- "One of Katherine's neighbors called her "a lewd and idle housewife, a common resorter to alehouses & other places where dancing is both by day and by night.”"
Etymology
From resort + -er.