Now rare. [f. THRIVE v. + -ER1.] One who or that which thrives.
1573. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 25. Ill tithers ill thriuers most commonlie bee.
1601[?]. Bacon, Lett. to Sir T. Lucy, Wks. 1879, II. 25/2. If my brother or myself were either thrivers, or fortunate in the queen’s service.
c. 1613. Middleton, No Wit like Woman’s, I. iii. They’re the best thrivers In turnips, hartichalks, and cabbishes.
c. 1659. Elegy on Cleveland, 47, C.’s Wks. (1687), 278. Timists be only Thrivers: But a Brain That’s freely Generous scorns Servile Gain.
