Awakener

[f. AWAKEN + -ER¹.] He who or that which awakens.

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1598. Florio, Risuegliatore, an awakener, a larum in a clocke.

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1797. Godwin, Enquirer, I. vii. 58. Society is the true awakener of man.

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1858. Stanley, Arnold, I. vi. 246. Merely as awakeners and reminders to myself.

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1860. S. Wilberforce, Addr. Cand. Ordin., 112. An awakener of dull … conscience.

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