[f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who figures. † a. One who serves as a figure or type of. † b. One who makes use of a figure or type. † c. One who figures or counterfeits; an imitator. † d. = FIGURE-DANCER. e. = Figure-skater.
1548. Gest, Pr. Masse, 104. Aaron who was a fygurer of Christ sacrificed a gote.
1565. Jewel, Repl. Harding (1611), 331. And whatsoeuer they were that vsed this word, Figura, in this matter of the Sacrament, D. Steuen Gardiner scornfully calleth them Figuratores, Figurers.
1665. Herbert, Trav. (1677), 383.
| Parrat, Birds light, her Lords well tongu’d delight | |
| And painful figurer of humane voice | |
| Dies: Of Airs Citizens the fairest sight. |
1782. T. Vaughan, Fashionable Follies, I. 204. He next paid his devoirs to the prettiest figurer at the opera.
1882. N. & A. Goodman, Handbook of Fen skating, 10. The contempt felt by figurers for fen skaters is too often heartily reciprocated.
