[f. THIRST v. + -ER1.] One who thirsts; fig. one who craves or longs (for, after something).

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1382.  Wyclif, Isa. xxxii. 6. Drinc to the thristere he shal don awei.

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a. 1578.  Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 100. Ane fallis wngodlie thrister of innocent bloode.

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1624.  F. White, Repl. Fisher, 112. The Pope was … an insatiable … thirster after monie.

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1779–81.  Johnson, L. P., Prior, Wks. III. 139. He was by nature no thirster for blood.

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1883.  Cambridge Staircase, ii. 28. The thirster after knowledge.

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