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Preserver

noun

A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture. Synonyms: refinisher, renovator, restorer.

A cook who preserves fruits or meat.

Someone who keeps safe from harm or danger.

Rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning. Synonyms: flotation device, life preserver.

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"Preserver" Quotes from Famous Books

... his situation rushed over his mind. The strange room, the strange bed, all confirmed the idea that Josiah was his preserver, and that he was in the house of Mrs. Shirley; his heart, by nature not bad, though by the force of evil example so sadly perverted, softened into remorse and gratitude, and, burying his face in Josiah's bosom, he burst ...

— The Little Quaker - or, the Triumph of Virtue. A Tale for the Instruction of Youth • Susan Moodie

... "Noble preserver," cried the mayor, "we will get up a subscription for you, and crown you in public with a ...

— The Book of Dragons • Edith Nesbit

... your tending to it at once. I know just how it is with men—they have got to have that little refreshment ... don't you call it 'life preserver'? I'll be right by the counter; if Mr. Makimmon will ...

— Mountain Blood - A Novel • Joseph Hergesheimer

... of a trip which the author took with Buffalo Jones, known as the preserver of the American bison, across the Arizona desert and of a hunt in "that wonderful country of yellow crags, deep canons and giant pines." It is ...

— Bred of the Desert - A Horse and a Romance • Marcus Horton

... of trade. A large fleet of canoes came down from the upper lakes with a rich store of furs, that had been accumulating at Mackinac and other posts for nearly three years, on account of the Iroquois. Frontenac's triumph was complete, and he was called far and wide "the father of the people, the preserver of the country." ...

— Canada • J. G. Bourinot

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