Stayer²

[f. STAY v.² + -ER¹.] One who stays or supports.

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1579–80. North, Plutarch, Theseus (1595), 19. Gæiochus … by interpretation doth signifie … the stayer of the earth.

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b. With reference to the title of Jupiter Stator.

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In quots. 1722 and 1840 interpreted as STAYER¹ 2.

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1611. B. Jonson, Catiline, IV. ii. Thou Iupiter, whom we do call the Stayer Both of this Citie, and this Empire.

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[1722. A. Philips, Briton, I. i. May Jove, the Guardian of the Capitol, He, the great Stayer of our Troops in Rout, Fulfill your Hopes.

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1840. Arnold, Hist. Rome, xxxiii. II. 349. The consul vowed to build a temple to Jove the stayer of flight.]

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