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  1. purgernoun

    Agent noun of purge; one who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Purgernoun

    Etymology: from purge.

    This shall make
    Our purpose necessary, and not envious;
    We shall be call’d purgers, not murtherers. William Shakespeare.

    It is of good use in physick, if you can retain the purging virtue, and take away the unpleasant taste of the purger. Francis Bacon.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Purgernoun

    one who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of purger in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of purger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of purger in a Sentence

  1. Robert Burton:

    Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'Tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.

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