[f. LEAN v.1 + -ER1.] One who leans, inclines or reclines.
a. 1536. Tindale, in Marbeck, Bk. of Notes (1581), 306. To heare the law onelie & to be a professour therof and a leaner vnto it.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, i. 11. A staffe of Reedes, that deceives the leaners trust.
1646. Gaule, Cases Consc., 3. Whereas our late leaners and lingerers after such a kinde of sect, could be content to deny all these.
1856. Mrs. Browning, Aur. Leigh, II. 56. Strong enough to bear Such leaners on my shoulder.
