pitier

plural pitiers

1. One who pities.

   Pity implies the assertion of superiority in the pitier; and it is a gratification of a man's pride to go about pitying those who are perhaps a great deal better than himself.

   1867, Authorized report of the papers, prepared addresses, and discussions of the Church Congress held at Wolverhampton on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 1st, 2d, 3d, & 4th, 1867, page 248

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   The high Esteemers, the hearty Lovers, the liberal Relievers, the unfeigned Pitiers, the faithful Advocates, and the earnest Intercessors, for the distressed Ministers; the so much despighted and (by many) despised Ministry of this Church.

   1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes: Or a Defense by way of Apology for the Ministry and Ministers of the Church

   The unsettling potential of pity to “entrap” the pitier, as exposed in these Euripidean plays, has fascinating political implications. In all instances, a possible unresolved conflict exists between the pitier and the pitied.

   2011, Dana LaCourse Munteanu, Tragic Pathos: Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy