Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that frames.
- noun One of the people who wrote the US Constitution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who frames; a maker; a contriver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who frames
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who makes
frames forpaintings - noun US A person who
assembles thetimbers of a wood-framed building - noun A person who writes a new
law
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who writes a new law or plan
- noun someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
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Examples
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To be blithely ignorant of the difference between a founder and framer is sad, but to try and use your ignorance as some sort of argument winner is doubly pathetic.
Matthew Yglesias » George Will’s Odd Aversion to Democracy 2009
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And because Wilson was identified as a framer, you know, as not hiding behind a pseudonym, is speaking in public and because his speech is regarded as a kind of authoritative early statement -- and
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution 1997
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The Republican nominee in 1896 was William McKinley, of Ohio, best known as the framer of the McKinley tariff bill.
American Men of Action Burton Egbert Stevenson 1917
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The Republican nominee in 1896 was William McKinley, of Ohio, best known as the framer of the McKinley tariff bill.
American Men of Action Stevenson, Burton E 1913
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Williams then added fuel to the fire by accusing Stosur of being a good "framer", implying many of her winning shots of being miss hits.
Raw Story 2010
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Australian Open 2010: Serena Williams to face good 'framer' Samantha Stosur
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Serena then added fuel to the fire by accusing Stosur of being a good "framer", implying many of her winning shots of being mis-hits.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Williams then added fuel to the fire by accusing Stosur of being a good "framer", implying many of her winning shots of being miss hits.
Turkish Press 2010
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Williams then added fuel to the fire by accusing Stosur of being a good "framer", implying many of her winning shots of being miss hits.
Raw Story 2010
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The framer fetish is manufacturing consent for the status quo and is mostly fiction.
Matthew Yglesias » Longstanding Problems Are Still Problematic 2010
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