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uniter en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite English -er English uniter From unite + -er.

Meanings

1. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of unite; one who unites.
   form of unite
   • The couple were congratulated by the witnesses and their uniter, the three of whom drank their health. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 184:
   • 1892, Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), New York: The Modern Library, 1921, p. 213, https://archive.org/details/leavesofgrass00whit I, chanter of pains and joys, uniter of here and hereafter, / Taking all hints to use them, but swiftly leaping beyond them, / A reminiscence sing.
   • It has been the most important traditional rôle of this country that it should act as a great uniter of the nations in that cultural fashion. We are the motherland of what is incomparably the most important language of the world and we have, to our glory, one of the greatest literatures of the world. 1947 December 4, Christopher Hollis, Hansard:

Forms

Synonyms

harmonizer (one who unites) · integrator (one who unites) · mediator (one who unites) · reconciler (one who unites) · unifier (one who unites) · consolidator (one who unites)