Uniter

[f. UNITE v. + -ER¹. Cf. UNITOR and It. unitore.] One who or that which unites; a uniting agency or quality.

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1587. Golding, De Mornay, vi. 79. The Vniter, and the thing Vnited.

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1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., I. vii. § 1. Uniters of states and cities.

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1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Peter i. 7. Friendship is a great uniter.

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1700. J. Brome, Trav. Eng., 199. James … became the Happy Uniter of the two Crowns.

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1724. Swift, Drapier’s Lett., iv. Money … hath … been the great uniter of a most divided people.

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1746. Hervey, Medit. Flower Garden, 29. The Ocean is the grand vehicle of Trade, and the Uniter of distant Nations.

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1840. Carlyle, Heroes, iv. The Priest … presides over the worship of the people; is the Uniter of them with the Unseen Holy.

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1852. Lynch, Lett. Scattered (1872), 299. How could we love God the bereaver, if He were not the uniter also?

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