Word Meanings - CONFERRER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who confers; one who converses. Johnson. 2. One who bestows; a giver.

JOHNSONIANISM
A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
JOHNSONESE
The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
GIVER
One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock.
JOHNSON GRASS
A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
JOHNSONIAN
Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
TERGIVERSATOR
One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
FORGIVER
One who forgives. Johnson.
THANKSGIVER
One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow.
TERGIVERSATE
To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. Bailey. (more info) to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere
LAWGIVER
One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
TERGIVERSATION
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp. Bramhall. 2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change. The colonel,
ALMSGIVER
A giver of alms.