"fearer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fearers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ) Etymology: From fear + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fear|er|id2=agent noun}} fear + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fearer (plural fearers)
  1. One who fears, especially one who fears God; a worshipper. Derived forms: God-fearer
    Sense id: en-fearer-en-noun-kNw9YHbl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1870, Richard Brock (author and publisher), A New Family Herbal; Or, A History and Description of All the British and Foreign Plants, 2nd Edition, page 396,\nGood advice, certainly, but the difficulty is, to be able to distinguish the real fearers of God, from those who only make a pretence to such fear."
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