† gladder Obs.
[f. glad v. + -er1.]
1. One who rejoices. rare—1.
| 1382 Wyclif Isa. lxiv. 5 Thou aȝen came to the gladere. [1388 Thou mettist him that is glad. L. lætanti.] |
2. One who cheers or makes glad.
| c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1365 O lady myn Venus..Thow gladere of the Mount of Citheron. 1508 Dunbar Gold. Targe 124 Thare was Bacus the gladder of the table. 1528 Lyndesay Dreme 423 Lanterne of the hevin And glader of the sterris, with his lycht. [1700 Dryden Palamon & Arc. 1421 Thou gladder of the mount of Cytheron.] |