[f. SURPASS v. + -ER1.] One who surpasses or excels.

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1805.  W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., III. 240. Rowe, often the model, and oftener the surpasser of Voltaire.

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1838.  New Monthly Mag., LIII. 554. The surpassers of Columbus, who, by means of the telescope, have revealed to us new worlds in the heavens.

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1897.  in Advance (Chicago), 22 April, 507/1. To surpass his surpasser.

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