† inˈvasor Obs. rare.
Also 5 Sc. -ar, 6 -our.
[a. late L. invāsor, agent-n. from invās-, ppl. stem of invādere to invade; perh. immed. ad. OF. invaseur (15–16th c. in Godef.).]
An invader.
| 1443 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 33/1 Notour spulȝearis, distrubillaris, or inuasaris [1566 inuasouris] of haly kirk. 1524 Hen. VIII Instruct. Pace in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. xiii. 27 To geve an assistence ayenist the invasour. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 132 The invasour of the common weill. 1602 H. Ely in Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 196 To w{supt}hstand and fyght against such invasors whatsoeuer. |