Spiriter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spiriter is a noun meaning One who spirits away another, particularly one who steals children to be sold into forced labour in the New World.
Meaning
One who spirits away another, particularly one who steals children to be sold into forced labour in the New World.
More Meanings
- One who is sensitive to spirits; a medium or spiritualist.
Example Sentences
Tis the spiriters come back! Stop them! Run, bairns, run!
The spiriters sit round and wait, and, after some time, the spiriter with the largest amount of faith feels a spirit.
The protagonist, a young Scots girl, is kidnapped by "spiriters" who sell their victims as bond slaves to planters and farmers in America.
Few people knew what sort of life they were going to, some were cruelly duped and quite a few at the beginning of the 18th century were the victims of 'spiriters'.
Word Forms
- spiriters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thief, invocator, smuggler, spellmonger, menstealer, vanisher.
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