Also 7–8 -er. [Noun of agent (on Latin analogies), f. ATTRACT.]
1. That which attracts or draws to itself.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 81. Amber draweth them not … they cannot rise unto the Attractor.
1713. Derham, Phys.-Theol., 32, note. Which attraction … of the lesser Bodies to that greater and most prevalent Attracter the Earth, is called their Gravity.
1859. Merivale, Rom. Emp., V. xli. 65. The seven hills were themselves great attractors of rain.
2. One who draws by sympathy or moral force.
1641. Smectymnuus, Answ. Humb. Rem. (1653), 90. The chiefe attractor of the rebellious party.
1654. Whitlock, Mann. Eng., 343 (T.). True attracters of love.
