upˈlifter
[f. uplift v.]
† 1. Sc. A collector (of rents, etc.). Obs.
| 1585–6 Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 47 The upliftaris of the said taxt. 1641 Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 159 He hes constituted the said James Montgomerie uplifter thairof [sc. of the king's rents]. |
2. One who raises or elevates.
| 1650 Metr. Psalms Ch. Scot. iii. 3 Yet thou my shield, and glory art, th' uplifter of mine head. 1884 Tennyson Becket i. i, Henry the King hath been..mine uplifter in this world. 1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 57 Henceforth he should be a man of influence, and a great uplifter of men. |
3. N. Amer. One engaged in social reform; a ‘do-gooder’.
| 1923 [see do-good]. 1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here xvii. 191 Social workers, both amateurs and long-trained professional uplifters. 1971 J. H. Gray Red Lights on Prairies iv. 97 As the publisher of the paper explained when uplifters complained..it was no part of the responsibility of a newspaper to police the morals of its tenants. |