[f. TAME v.1 + -ER1.] One who or that which tames.

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1530.  Palsgr., 279/1. Tamar of a horse, courtier de chevaulx.

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1573.  Twyne, Æneid, XII.

        The ofspringe of Assaracus, Mnestheus, Asylas wilde,
Messapus eke a tamer stout of stéedes, Neptunus childe.

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1610.  Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God, 139. Scipio … the tamer of Carthage.

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1742.  Gray, Adversity, 2. Thou tamer of the human breast.

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1859.  Art Taming Horses, etc., vi. 77. The moment the horse moves the tamer draws the strap tight round the body of the horse.

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