Synonyms for restorer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-stawr, -stohr
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈstɔr, -ˈstoʊr


Définition of restorer

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to give back," also, "to build up again, repair," from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurare "repair, rebuild, renew," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + -staurare, as in instaurare "restore," from PIE *stau-ro-, from root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Related: Restored; restoring.
  • As in conservator : noun caretaker of collection
Example sentences :
  • The least we can do for these is to help 'em to the great Restorer, sleep, all we can.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 6. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • And what the Spoiler has spared, the self-styled Restorer has too often ruined.
  • Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
  • How to find him—how to reward the champion and restorer of the honor and happiness of Cleves?
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • But it is done, and so well, that the repairer is called not that, but a restorer.
  • Extract from : « The Tapestry Book » by Helen Churchill Candee
  • If only the restorer of the Tower of Augustus were around, he'd come in for a franc too.
  • Extract from : « Riviera Towns » by Herbert Adams Gibbons
  • Son of the above; established in Paris as a maker and restorer of Violins.
  • Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart
  • And I—I shall be the instrument of that triumph—the restorer of my race!
  • Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • To-day the Alhambra is kept as a show-place, rejuvenated by the restorer.
  • Extract from : « Things seen in Spain » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • The monarchy was a small matter; Bruce was the restorer of Scottish independence.
  • Extract from : « King Robert the Bruce » by A. F. Murison
  • The old story: the Calvinist, the whitewasher, and the restorer.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Brussels » by Ernest Gilliat-Smith

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