bringer

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English

Etymology

From bring +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

bringer (plural bringers)

  1. A person or a thing which brings something.
  2. (specifically, historical) Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment.
    • 2021, M J Trow, The Charge of the Heavy Brigade: Scarlett's 300 in the Crimea, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Philadelphia, P.A.: Pen & Sword Military, unnumbered page:
      Hancox's recruitment would have gone something like this. In Conventry, where he may have been selling food or livestock at the town's market, he would have been intrigued by the recruiting party, especially the 'bringer', usually a sergeant, no doubt a tall man in scarlet with gold stripes on his sleeve.

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Danish

Noun

bringer c

  1. indefinite plural of bringe

Verb

bringer

  1. present of bringe

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bringer

  1. present of bringe