Humbler
['hʌmblə] or ['hʌmblɝ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, humbles some one.
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Examples
- So with the humbler houses in the little street, the inner firelight shining on the panes as the outer twilight darkened. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the other corner was a bed of much humbler pretensions, and evidently designed for _use_. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yes, my correspondence has certainly the charm of variety, he answered, smiling, and the humbler are usually the more interesting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To watch the behaviour of a fine lady to other and humbler women, is a very good sport for a philosophical frequenter of Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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