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Swisser
† ˈSwisser Obs. Forms: 6 Swycer, Swycher, Suisser, Swizer, 6–7 Swizzer, 6–8 Swisser, 7 Swizar, Swiser. See also Switzer. [ad. MHG. Swycer, Schwyczer, var. Sweitzer Switzer, or f. F. Suisse Swiss + -er1.] A Swiss.1530 Palsgr. 278/1 Swyce or swycers pype, fleuste dalemant. 1549 Thomas Hist. Italie 38 ...
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The Swisser
The Swisser is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Arthur Wilson. (In seventeenth-century parlance, "Swisser," or "Swizzer" or "Switzer," referred to a Swiss mercenary soldier.)
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Alexander Gough
Alexander Gough played:
Caenis in Massinger's The Roman Actor, 1626
Acanthe in Massinger's The Picture, 1629
Eurinia in Wilson's The Swisser, 1631
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Switzer
Switzer arch. (ˈswɪtsə(r)) Also 6 Switser, Zuitzer, 7 Swytzer, Switzard, Zwitzer, -ar. See also Swisser. [ad. MHG. Switzer, Schwytzer, etc. (early mod.G. Schweytzer, now Schweizer), or MDu. Switser, Swytzer (Du. Zwitser); cf. MDa. Svidser, Suitzer, Fris. Sweitser, etc.; f. Switz(en), etc., Switzerla...
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Richard Sharpe (actor)
Carlell's The Deserving Favourite (also 1629), Wittworth in John Clavell's The Soddered Citizen (1630), and the King of the Lombards in Arthur Wilson's The Swisser
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swyche
swych(e Swycher, swycht, swye, swyer, swyfe, swyffit: see such, Swisser, swithe adv., sway v., square, squire, swive.
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Robert Benfield
Soddered Citizen, Ladislaus the King of Hungary in The Picture, Marcellus in Believe as You List, the King in The Deserving Favourite, and Antharis in The Swisser
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Joseph Fiery House
Also on the property is a limestone Swisser style barn.
The Joseph Fiery House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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vitriate
† ˈvitriate, v. Obs.—1 [f. as prec.] trans. To make clear like glass.1631 A. Wilson Swisser ii. i. 106 An ownce of Honestie, Cleare, Pure, well vitriated.
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Arthur Wilson (writer)
The other two dramas remained in manuscript until later publication: The Inconstant Lady in 1814 and The Swisser in 1904. The Swisser was performed in 1631 by the King's Men at the Blackfriars Theatre.
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wriggler
wriggler (ˈrɪglə(r)) [f. wriggle v. + -er1.] 1. One who or that which wriggles; esp. a wriggling fish, animalcule, etc.1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. Ep. Ded., The Fryes of Wrigglers..peep out of their Graves and Dungeons. 1694 Motteux Rabelais v. Progn. v. 237 Drabs, Trulls, Light⁓skirts, Wrigglers, ...
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John Thompson (actor)
Middle years
Thompson's last known female role was as Panopia in the company's production of Wilson's The Swisser in 1631.
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Thomas Pollard
He had the comical role of Timentes the cowardly general in Arthur Wilson's The Swisser.
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