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noun

Breather n.

One who breathes. Hence:

(a)

One who lives.

(b)

One who utters.

(c)

One who animates or inspires.

That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. (Colloq.)

A pause to catch one's breath, or for some other form of rest or refreshment; often used in the phrase to take a breather, i.e. to pause for refreshment. (Colloq.)

A vent in a container to allow equalization of internal and external pressure.

An air intake pipe to provide air to machinery or people submerged or otherwise sealed off from the outside.

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Etymology of 'Breather'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Breather" Quotes from Famous Books

... a man may find himself, the natural thing being to make his request known, his brother may heartily tell him to pray. Why, what can a man do but pray? He is here—helpless; and his Origin, the breather of his soul, his God, may be somewhere. And what else should he pray about but the thing that troubles him? Not surely the thing that does not trouble him? What is the trouble there for, but to make him cry? It is the pull of God at his being. Let a man only pray. Prayer ...

— Paul Faber, Surgeon • George MacDonald

... Jaques: 'I will chide no breather in the world, but myself, against whom I know most faults.' This is characteristic of Shakespeare, and is in the ...

— More Pages from a Journal • Mark Rutherford

... things went badly. John Westonhaugh's fresh pony was very wild, and he had to take him a breather half over the ground before he could take his place for the charge. When at last the first stroke was made, the ball went low along the ground, spinning and twisting to right and left. Both Kildare and Isaacs missed it and wheeled across to return, when a prolonged scrimmage ensued ...

— Mr. Isaacs • F. Marion Crawford

... about in a puddle. His head is wide and flat and his eyes are set well out at the sides, while in front of them he has a pair of cute little horns or feelers. While the baby mosquito is brought up in the water, he is an air-breather and comes to the top to breathe as do frogs and musk-rats and many other water ...

— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

... be within a mile on a day like this and nobody know it. Are you sure it wasn't Solomon? He is a heavy breather sometimes." ...

— The Pines of Lory • John Ames Mitchell

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