compasser

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noun

One who or that which compasses.

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Meanings

nouncompasser (plural compassers)

plural compassers

  1. One who or that which compasses.

    If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?

    1866, Henry Smith, Thomas Fuller, The Sermons of Mr. Henry Smith, page 37

Origin

From compass + -er.

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APA

compasser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compasser

MLA

“compasser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compasser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compasser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compasser.

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