disposer

[ dih-spoh-zer ]

noun

1. a person or thing that disposes.
2. disposal ².

Word History and Origins

Origin of disposer¹

First recorded in 1520–30; dispose + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It pleased the Great Disposer of events to terminate his life before the completion of this his last pious work.

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There's little alteration: Some rise, and others fall, as it stands with The pleasure of the duke, their great disposer.

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Do you believe that your Father's will is the disposer of all?

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He took his lot as it came to him, as a man who does the best he can and leaves the rest to the Disposer of events.

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By the unsearchable counsels of the Disposer of Events he has been called suddenly, and without warning, to his account.

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