SURMOUNTER

subduer, surmounter, overcomer

(noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

surmounter (plural surmounters)

One who, or that which, surmounts.

Giant surmounters of wit's loftiest Alps!

Source: Wiktionary


Sur*mount"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, surmounts.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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