"bringer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹɪŋɚ/ Forms: bringers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ) Etymology: From bring + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|bring|-er|id2=agent noun}} bring + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} bringer (plural bringers)
  1. A person or a thing which brings something.
    Sense id: en-bringer-en-noun-HSLNMJyK Categories (other): Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 48 52
  2. (specifically, historical) Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment. Tags: historical, specifically
    Sense id: en-bringer-en-noun-S2-E2Lwo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 10 22 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 25 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bringer-out Translations (one who brings): prurës [masculine] (Albanian), tuoja (Finnish), hozó (Hungarian), आणणारा (āṇṇārā) [masculine] (Marathi), आणणारी (āṇṇārī) [feminine] (Marathi), आणणारे (āṇṇāre) [neuter] (Marathi), آورنده (Persian), aducător [masculine] (Romanian), оваранда (ovaranda) (Tajik)
Disambiguation of 'one who brings': 45 55

Inflected forms

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