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Definition: Restorer |
RestorerNoun1. A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "restorer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Synonyms: RestorerSynonyms: preserver (n), refinisher (n), renovator (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inactivity | Phrase: the eyes begin to draw straws; "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease"; " better years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay"; "idly busy rolls their world away "; "the mystery of folded sleep"; "the timely dew of sleep"; "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep"; "tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Restorer |
| Specialty definitions using "restorer": DOCUMENT RESTORER ♦ PAINTINGS RESTORER, PEARL RESTORER ♦ RESTORER, CERAMIC, RESTORER, LACE AND TEXTILES, RESTORER, PAPER-AND-PRINTS ♦ SAMSON, SERVICE RESTORER, EMERGENCY ♦ VIOLIN MAKER, HAND. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Heir Restorer (1958) Music As a Hair Restorer (1916) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mary T. Goldman's Gray Hair Color Restorer.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Restorer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Restorer" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 58 | 44,427 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "restorer": hair-restorer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "restorer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | restaurues (renovator), ndreqës (disciplinary, fitter, rectifier, remedial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مصلح (correlated, pacificatory, pacifier, peacemaker, reconditioned, reformer, reformist, regenerative, remedial, renovated), مرمم (fixed, reconditioned, repaired, restored), المنعش, المحيي, المعيد (repeater), المجدد (renovator, repairer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | реставратор (renovator), възстановително средство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 重建者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | restaurátor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اعاده دهنده (Recuperative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | restaurateur (restaurateur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wiederhersteller. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιδιορθωτήσ (darner, mender), αποκαταστάτησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | helyreállító. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | restauratore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 毛生え薬 (hair restorer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けはえぐすり (hair restorer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 복구자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aachouyreyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estorerray restituidor (plotter, plotting machine), restaurador (recuperative), renovador (improvidence, renovator), tônico (cordial, corroborant, fundamental liberties, restorative, tonic), fortificante (corroborant, restorative). (various references) restaurator, renovator (renovating, renovator). (various references) восстановитель (reducing agent, regenerator, renovator). (various references) restaurator, obnovilac (renovator). (various references) restaurador (renovator, restaurateur), regenerador del cabello, loción capilar (hair-lotion). (various references) restaurerare. (various references) restore eden, yenileyen, saçları güçlendiren ilaç. (various references) реставратор (renovator), відновлювач. (various references) người trả lại người sửa chữa, người hoàn lại. (various references) atgyweiriwr (mender, repairer), adferwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | betend. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Ruth Chapter 4, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai estai soi eiV epistrefonta yuchn kai tou diaqreyai thn polian sou oti h numfh sou h agaphsasa se eteken auton h estin agaqh soi uper epta uiouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et habeas qui consoletur animam tuam et enutriat senectutem de nuru enim tua natus est quae te diligit et multo tibi est melior quam si septem haberes filios |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thou haue that coumfort thi lijf, and norishe thin eeld. Forsothe of thi douyter in lawe is born, that shal loue thee, and mych betere is to thee, than thouy thou haddist seuen sones. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thy old age: for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him. |
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| Language | Ruth Chapter 4, Verse 15 |
| Albanian | Pastë mundësi ai të rimëkëmbë jetën tënde dhe u bëftë mbështetja e pleqërisë sate, sepse e ka lindur nusja jote që të do dhe që vlen për ty më tepër se shtatë bij". |
| Cebuano | Ug alang kanimo siya mahimong magbabag-o sa kinabuhi, ug maglilig-on kanimo sa imong pagkatigulang; kay gipanganak sa imong binalaye nga nahagugma kanimo, ang labi pang maayo kanimo kay sa pito ka mga anak nga lalake. |
| Croatian | On æe biti tvoja utjeha i potpora starosti tvojoj; jer ga rodi snaha tvoja koja te ljubi i koja ti vrijedi više od sedam sinova." |
| Danish | Han blive din Trøster og Forsørger i din Alderdom; thi din Sønnekone, som viste dig Kærlighed, har født ham, hun, som er dig mere værd end syv Sønner!" |
| Dutch | Die zal u zijn tot een verkwikker der ziel, en om uw ouderdom te onderhouden; want uw schoondochter, die u liefheeft, heeft hem gebaard, dewelke u beter is dan zeven zonen. |
| Finnish | Hän on virvoittava sinua, ja hänestä on tuleva sinun vanhuutesi tuki, sillä miniäsi, joka rakastaa sinua, on hänet synnyttänyt, hän, joka on sinulle parempi kuin seitsemän poikaa." |
| French | Cet enfant restaurera ton âme, et sera le soutien de ta vieillesse; car ta belle-fille, qui t`aime, l`a enfanté, elle qui vaut mieux pour toi que sept fils. |
| German | Der wir dich erquicken und dein Alter versorgen. Denn deine Schwiegertochter, die dich geliebt hat, hat ihn geboren, welche dir besser ist als sieben Söhne. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Menantumu itu sangat sayang kepadamu. Ia telah memberikan kepadamu lebih daripada apa yang dapat diberikan oleh tujuh orang anak laki-laki. Sekarang ia telah memberikan seorang cucu laki-laki pula kepadamu, yang akan memberi semangat baru kepadamu, dan memeliharamu pada masa tuamu." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hendaklah ia menjadi penghibur hatimu dan pemeliharaan pada masa tuamu, sebab ia telah diperanakkan oleh menantumu, yang kasih akan dikau dan yang lebih baik bagimu dari pada anak laki-laki tujuh orang. |
| Maori | Mana hoki tou wairua e whakahoki ake, ko ia hoki hei atawahi mo tou ruruhitanga: he whanau hoki ia na tau hunaonga e aroha nei ki a koe, he nui ke nei tona pai ki a koe i to nga tama tokowhitu. |
| Norwegian | Han skal bli din sjels trøster og din alderdoms forsørger; for din sønnekone, som har dig kjær, har født ham, hun som er mere for dig enn syv sønner. |
| Portuguese | Ele será restaurador da tua vida, e consolador da tua velhice, pois tua nora, que te ama, o deu à luz; ela te é melhor do que sete filhos. |
| Rumanian | Copilul acesta kyi va knviora sufletul, wi va fi sprijinul bqtrkneyelor tale; cqci l -a nqscut noru-ta, care te iubewte, wi care face pentru tine mai mult deckt wapte fii.`` |
| Russian | пО ВХДЕФ ФЕВЕ ПФТБДПА Й РЙФБФЕМЕН Ч УФБТПУФЙ ФЧПЕК, ЙВП ЕЗП ТПДЙМБ УОПИБ ФЧПС, ЛПФПТБС МАВЙФ ФЕВС, ЛПФПТБС ДМС ФЕВС МХЮЫЕ УЕНЙ УЩОПЧЕК. |
| Spanish | Él restaurará tu vida y sustentará tu vejez, porque tu nuera, que te ama y te es mejor que siete hijos, lo ha dado a luz. |
| Swedish | Han skall bliva dig en tröstare och en försörjare på din ålderdom; ty din sonhustru, som har dig kär, har fött honom, hon som är mer för dig än sju söner." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "restorer": restorers. (additional references) | |
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"Restorer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: essorer, estorer, Meshorer, Rawstorne, Reiterer, reshore, resore, Restmor, restone, restorat, restorte, resuture, rezdore, Tretower. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "restorer" (pronounced rustô"rer) |
| 3 | -ô" r er | borer, explorer, horror, scorer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: resorter, retrorse. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-o-r-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: restore, terrors. | |
-2 letters: errors, rerose, resort, rester, retore, retros, roster, sorter, stereo, terror, terser. | |
-3 letters: erose, error, ester, reest, reset, retro, roset, rotes, serer, sorer, steer, stere, store, terse, tores, torse, trees. | |
-4 letters: eros, errs, erst, ores, orts, rees, rest, rete, rets, roes, rose, rote, rots, seer, sere, sore, sort, tees, toes, tore, torr. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-o-r-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: reporters, resorters, restorers, retorters, roisterer, terrorise. | |
+2 letters: retrofires, retrogress, roisterers, terrorised, terrorises, terrorizes, terrorless. | |
+3 letters: northerners, overreports, overstirred, repertoires, repertories, retrogrades, territories. | |
+4 letters: agroforester, ecoterrorism, ecoterrorist, forequarters, orchestrater, overcorrects, perpetrators, proprietress, redecorators, refractories, regenerators, remunerators, respirometer, respirometry, resurrection, retrogressed, retrogresses, retrorockets, retroversion, retroviruses, torchbearers, underreports. | |
+5 letters: agroforesters, baroreceptors, breaststroker, controverters, cotransferred, counterorders, ecoterrorisms, ecoterrorists, hyperreactors, interobserver, orchestraters, petrographers, proprietaries, reformatories, refrigerators, reorchestrate, respirometers, respirometric, resurrections, retransformed, retrogressing, retrogression, retrogressive, retroversions, stereoregular, tergiversator, tetrapyrroles, waterproofers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 74 6F 72 65 72 |
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