Improver
[im'pru:vә]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, improves.
Typist: Oliver
Examples
- It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You have been an improver yourself, and from what I hear of Everingham, it may vie with any place in England. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I do not wish to influence Mr. Rushworth, he continued; but, had I a place to new fashion, I should not put myself into the hands of an improver. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- After small proprietors, however, rich and great farmers are in every country the principal improvers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Merchants are commonly ambitious of becoming country gentlemen, and, when they do, they are generally the best of all improvers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Edited by Gillian