bringer

From bring + -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪŋɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)

bringer (plural bringers)

1. A person or a thing which brings something.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news / Hath but a losing office.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 10:5:

     And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

2. (specifically, historical) Someone who supplies or identifies potential recruits for the military in exchange for payment.
   • 2021, M[eirion] J[ames] Trow, The Charge of the Heavy Brigade: Scarlett's 300 in the Crimea, Barnsley, South Yorkshire; Philadelphia, P.A.: Pen & Sword Military, unnumbered page:

     Hancox's recruitment would have gone something like this. In Conventry, where he may have been selling food or livestock at the town's market, he would have been intrigued by the recruiting party, especially the 'bringer', usually a sergeant, no doubt a tall man in scarlet with gold stripes on his sleeve.

• “bringer”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “bringer, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

bringer c

1. indefinite plural of bringe

bringer

1. present of bringe

bringer

1. present of bringe