[f. as prec. + -ER1.] He who or that which banishes or drives away.

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c. 1450.  Henryson, Test. Cres. (1593), 10 (R.). Fair phebus … banischer of nicht,.

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1607.  Shaks., Cor., IV. v. 89. To be full quit of those my Banishers.

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1729.  M. Browne, Piscat. Eclog., Ded. (1773), 10. Solitude, soft Banisher of care.

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1834.  Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. i. I. 6. Maupeon, the banisher of Parlements.

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