encourager

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/ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒəɹ/

noun

One who provides encouragement.

OriginEnglish encourage ← Middle English encouragen ← Anglo-Norman encoragier →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounencourager (plural encouragers)

plural encouragers · alternative archaic incourager

  1. One who provides encouragement.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés
  8. Proto-Italic*kord
  9. Latincor n
  10. Latin*corem
  11. Vulgar Latin*corāticum
  12. Old Frenchcorage
  13. Anglo-Normanencoragier
  14. Middle Englishencouragen
  15. Englishencourage
  16. Englishencourager

From encourage + -er.

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APA

encourager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encourager

MLA

“encourager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encourager. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encourager,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encourager.

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