Meaning of Amasser | Babel Free

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One who amasses.

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“[He] was a man of prodigious pride and vain-glory, which led him […] into no small errours, being a great Amasser of strange and incredible stories, led to relate⟳ them by his meer ambition of hunting after fame and the reputation of an universal Scholar.”

“1821, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk, London: John Warren, Essay 11, “On Thought and Action,” p. 260, The amassers of fortunes seem divided into two opposite classes, lean⟳, penurious-looking mortals, or jolly fellows who are determined to get⟳ possession of, because they want⟳ to enjoy⟳ the good things of the world.”

“1941, Cole Porter, “Pets,” lyrics written for the Broadway musical Let’s Face⟳ It! cited in Robert Kimball (ed.), The Complete⟳ Lyrics of Cole Porter, New York: Da Capo, 1992, p. 309, Some folks collect⟳ paintings, Some folks collect⟳ stamps, Some are amassers Of antimacassars And other Victorian camps.”

“1944, George Weller, Bases Overseas, excerpt published in Anthony Weller (ed.), Weller’s War, New York: Crown, 2009, p. 488, The first act of the Japanese army on arriving at a new island is to go fishing and start⟳ a garden. The first act of the Americans is to buy⟳ something from the natives. The American is an amasser.”

“Marketers […] are among the most voracious amassers of information about what people do and say⟳ online.”

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