thronger

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noun

One who throngs.

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Meanings

nounthronger (plural throngers)

plural throngers

  1. One who throngs.

    But the moment that they become the servile throngers of court avenues, and give themselves up to the political intrigues and heartless dissipations of the metropolis, that moment they lose the real nobility of their natures, and become the mere leeches of the country.

    1835, Washington Irving, English country gentlemen, page 12

Origin

From throng + -er.

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APA

thronger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thronger

MLA

“thronger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thronger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thronger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thronger.

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