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American political economist (1933–2012)
Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom (née Awan; August 7, 1933 – June 12, 2012) was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated
Elinor_Ostrom
American academic, educator and political scientist (1919–2012)
economist Elinor Ostrom, made numerous contributions to the field of political science, political economy, and public choice. The Ostroms made particular
Vincent_Ostrom
sociology, and public administration associated with the work of Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom at Indiana University Bloomington. The school focuses on governance
Bloomington_school
Systematic method in policy analysis
developed by Elinor Ostrom, an American political scientist and the first woman to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009. Ostrom researched
Institutional analysis and development framework
Institutional_analysis_and_development_framework
Overuse of a shared resource
the right to exploit common land being controlled by law. The work of Elinor Ostrom, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics, is seen by some economists
Tragedy_of_the_commons
American economist (1932–2020)
2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Elinor Ostrom. His contributions to transaction cost economics and the theory of the
Oliver_E._Williamson
Concept in political economics
article called "The Tragedy of the Commons". As Frank van Laerhoven and Elinor Ostrom have stated; "Prior to the publication of Hardin's article on the tragedy
Commons
Things or services that satisfy human wants
although this is not always the case. In 1977, Nobel winner Elinor Ostrom and her husband Vincent Ostrom proposed additional modifications to the existing classification
Goods
American economic historian
On August 6, 2014, Alston was appointed director of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University
Lee_J._Alston
have won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1.8% of 224 awarded); and three (Elinor Ostrom, Esther Duflo and Claudia Goldin) have won the Nobel Memorial Prize
List_of_women_Nobel_laureates
Award established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank
analysis of economic processes". Three women have received the prize: Elinor Ostrom, who won in 2009, Esther Duflo, who won in 2019, and Claudia Goldin
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
1954 novel by William Golding
with books by Ayn Rand and countered by "Management of the Commons" by Elinor Ostrom. Lord of the Flies has been contrasted with the historical Tongan castaways
Lord_of_the_Flies
Collection of information outside a laboratory, library or workplace setting
Williamson and Elinor Ostrom discuss the importance of examining institutional contexts when performing economic analyses.[dead link] Both Ostrom and Williamson
Field_research
1969 book by Herbert A. Simon
empirically based alternative to behaviorism. The book influenced Elinor Ostrom. Simon, Herbert A. 1996. The Sciences of the Artificial (3rd ed.). Cambridge
The Sciences of the Artificial
The_Sciences_of_the_Artificial
Day of the year
2005) 1933 – Eddie Firmani, South African footballer and manager 1933 – Elinor Ostrom, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012) 1933
August_7
Economics that focuses on institutions
Geoffrey Hodgson, Daniel Bromley, Jonathan Nitzan, Shimshon Bichler, Elinor Ostrom, Anne Mayhew, John Kenneth Galbraith and Gunnar Myrdal, but even the
Institutional_economics
Cooperatively-owned online music distribution platform
platforms. Its governance model draws on the work of political scientist Elinor Ostrom on the management of shared common resources. Founder Austin Robey had
Subvert_(music_marketplace)
Public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Department of Political Science made history in 2009 when professor Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. Within the
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana_University_Bloomington
woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 2009: Elinor Ostrom, first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, and the first American
List_of_women's_firsts
Type of good in economics
Having observed a number of common pool resources throughout the world, Elinor Ostrom noticed that a number of them are governed by common property protocols
Common-pool_resource
Small consumer-oriented agriculture
through small canals (acequias). They are a kind of market garden. Elinor Ostrom has defined huertas as "well-demarked irrigation areas surrounding or
Market_garden
Surname list
Notable people with the surname include: Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), American political economist Ellen Ostrom, former dancer in the New York City Ballet's
Ostrom
Societal goal and normative concept
over-exploited and destroyed in the long run without government action. Elinor Ostrom (winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics) expanded on this. She
Sustainability
American mathematician and Nobel Laureate (1928–2015)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
John_Forbes_Nash_Jr.
Degree to which consumption of a good can be restricted
characteristic of a good. Therefore, excludability was further expanded upon by Elinor Ostrom in 1990 to be a continuous characteristic, as opposed to the discrete
Excludability
University New trade theory, New Economic Geography, Home market effect 2009 Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) United States "for her analysis of economic governance,
List of Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economic Sciences
List_of_Nobel_Memorial_Prize_laureates_in_Economic_Sciences
American political analyst
Common Pool Problems, Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom Collective Action and the Tragedy of the Commons, Elinor Ostrom Communes and the Logic of the Commons
John_Baden
Forestry research collective
Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University by Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues. The IFRI research program was initiated in 1992
International Forestry Resources and Institutions
International_Forestry_Resources_and_Institutions
Neustadt Felix A. Nigro W. A. Niskanen Rosemary O'Leary Johan Olsen Elinor Ostrom Laurence O'Toole C. Northcote Parkinson James L. Perry Gerrit van Poelje
List of public administration scholars
List_of_public_administration_scholars
Professor of economics and sustainability
Eastern and Central Europe, and the world. Dolšak is a co-editor with Elinor Ostrom of The Drama of the Commons (2002) and The Commons in the New Millennium:
Nives_Dolšak
Study of autonomous associations' interactions with production and distribution
"forge a new era of cooperation on a global scale" in order to survive. Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in economics, demonstrated
Co-operative_economics
Name list
Angeles Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), American political scientist and Nobel prize winner Elinor Otto (1919–2023), American factory worker Elinor Philipps
Eleanor
Economic perspective
five Nobel laureates—Daron Acemoglu, Ronald Coase, Douglass North, Elinor Ostrom, and Oliver Williamson. A convergence of such researchers resulted in
New_institutional_economics
Public university in Tempe, Arizona, US
include Leland Hartwell, and Edward C. Prescott. On June 12, 2012, Elinor Ostrom, ASU's third Nobel laureate, died at the age of 78. ASU faculty's achievements
Arizona_State_University
Indian nonprofit organization
Ecological Security (FES) is also the recipient of the prestigious Elinor Ostrom International Award on Collective Governance of the Commons for the
Foundation for Ecological Security
Foundation_for_Ecological_Security
Awardee(s) Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) United States "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons" Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020)
2009_Nobel_Prizes
Indian ecologist
the National Academy of Sciences USA. She is a recipient of a 2013 Elinor Ostrom Senior Scholar award for her research and practice on issues of the
Harini_Nagendra
Dutch econometrist
Spatial Scales. The MIT Press. Poteete, Amy R., Marco A. Janssen, and Elinor Ostrom. Working together: collective action, the commons, and multiple methods
Marco_Janssen
Sociological view of institutions
five Nobel laureates—Daron Acemoglu, Ronald Coase, Douglass North, Elinor Ostrom, and Oliver Williamson. A convergence of such researchers resulted in
New_institutionalism
American economist (born 1953)
Leonid Hurwicz Eric S. Maskin Roger B. Myerson Laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2008 Succeeded by Elinor Ostrom Oliver E. Williamson
Paul_Krugman
Digital facilities and systems serving society
previously allowed for edge cases and exceptions. Scholars applying Elinor Ostrom's framework for common-pool resource governance have argued that most
Digital_public_infrastructure
Small area of agricultural land
Government Karl Marx Das Kapital Marcel Mauss The Gift John Stuart Mill Elinor Ostrom Karl Polanyi The Great Transformation Pierre-Joseph Proudhon What Is
Croft_(land)
Indian economic research institute
IEG has hosted many international scholars, including Nobel Laureates Elinor Ostrom and Amartya Sen, and others such as Ronald Dore, Yujiro Hayami, Jan
Institute_of_Economic_Growth
Standard example in game theory
Volokh Conspiracy " Elinor Ostrom and the Tragedy of the Commons". Volokh.com. 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2011-12-17. Ostrom, Elinor (2015) [1990]. Governing
Prisoner's_dilemma
Academic publishing company
Nobel Prize in Economics. In 2011, the company published Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom. "Booksellers & Agents". Archived from the original on 25 July 2022
Edward_Elgar_Publishing
Educational institute in the Netherlands
Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011. "Elinor Ostrom / History / About ISS – Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands"
International Institute of Social Studies
International_Institute_of_Social_Studies
his ground-breaking studies on the commons, in 2017 Mattei won the Elinor Ostrom Award for the Collective Governance of the Commons. Born in Turin, Piedmont
Ugo_Mattei
of all users is slowed by the heavy usage of a few.[citation needed] Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson won the 2009 Nobel prize in economic science
Community_management
definition matrix gradually developed by Paul Samuelson, Ricard Musgrave and Elinor Ostrom, private goods and club goods are exclusive (they cannot be freely shared
Economics_of_open_science
Market failure benefitting non-paying users
University of Minnesota: Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-118-53972-9. Ostrom, Elinor (2009). Understanding Institutional Diversity. Princeton University
Free-rider_problem
Nobel Prize 58 times, but only twice in economics, and one of the two, Elinor Ostrom, had a degree in political science. Similarly, women are rarely selected
Women_in_economics
Association of political scientists
Jones, 1993–1994 Sidney Verba, 1994–1995 Arend Lijphart, 1995–1996 Elinor Ostrom, 1996–1997 M. Kent Jennings, 1997–1998 Matthew Holden Jr., 1998–1999
American Political Science Association
American_Political_Science_Association
French-American economist (born 1972)
youngest person (at age 46) and the second woman to win this award (after Elinor Ostrom in 2009). The press release from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Esther_Duflo
American political scientist
Science. 1999. Russell Sage Foundation. (edited with James Alt and Elinor Ostrom). Analytic Narratives. 1998. Princeton University Press. (written with
Margaret_Levi
Retrieved 2009-10-20. Leonard, Mike (6 December 2009). "Nobel winner Elinor Ostrom is a gregarious teacher who loves to solve problems". The Herald-Times
List of Jewish Nobel laureates
List_of_Jewish_Nobel_laureates
Economic system free from interventionism
Tucker, Thomas Hodgskin, Ralph Borsodi, Paul Goodman, Lewis Mumford, Elinor Ostrom, Peter Kropotkin and Ivan Illich as sources of inspiration for his approach
Laissez-faire
Type of social dilemma
Belling the Cat Collective action Coordination game Decision theory Elinor Ostrom Game theory Identity politics Moral economy Nash equilibrium Non-zero-sum
Collective_action_problem
2017 non-fiction book by economist Kate Raworth
households with all their unpaid elements, and the commons, which Elinor Ostrom had rescued from tragedy. Rational economic man was a portrait sketched
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Doughnut_Economics:_Seven_Ways_to_Think_Like_a_21st-Century_Economist
American legal writer (1864–1932)
Jones (1993–1994) Sidney Verba (1994–1995) Arend Lijphart (1995–1996) Elinor Ostrom (1996–1997) M. Kent Jennings (1997–1998) Matthew Holden (1998–1999)
Ernst_Freund
British-Cypriot economist
Awards Preceded by Elinor Ostrom Oliver E. Williamson Laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2010 Served alongside: Peter A. Diamond, Dale
Christopher_A._Pissarides
from Indiana University Bloomington in 1974, where he was advised by Elinor Ostrom. He held positions in computing services at Cornell University from
Douglas_Van_Houweling
Public university system in Indiana
virologist Hermann Muller (1890–1967) – Nobel laureate and geneticist Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) – Nobel laureate and political economist Lisa Pratt – Provost
Indiana_University
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Daniel_Kahneman
English economist
background Alma mater University of Oxford (BA, MSc) Influences Tim Jackson, Elinor Ostrom Academic work Discipline Ecological economics Institutions University
Kate_Raworth
American political scientist (1917–2017)
Jones (1993–1994) Sidney Verba (1994–1995) Arend Lijphart (1995–1996) Elinor Ostrom (1996–1997) M. Kent Jennings (1997–1998) Matthew Holden (1998–1999)
Robert_E._Lane
Austrian economist and philosopher (1899–1992)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Friedrich_Hayek
Japanese citizenship, Chemistry, 2010 Richard F. Heck, Chemistry, 2010 Elinor Ostrom, Economics, 2009 Oliver Eaton Williamson, Economics, 2009 Barack H.
List of Nobel laureates by country
List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country
Economic theory applied to political science
(1992), Amartya Sen (1998), Vernon Smith (2002), and Elinor Ostrom (2009). Buchanan, Smith, and Ostrom were former presidents of the Public Choice Society
Public_choice
One of the four main types of goods
Jordan; Edwards, Eric (2022-05-09). "The Environmental Optimism of Elinor Ostrom". The Center for Growth and Opportunity. Hardin, Garrett (1968-12-13)
Common_good_(economics)
Public policy school in Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana, US
and the Nonprofit Sector Transportation Research Center Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Transatlantic Policy
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
O'Neill_School_of_Public_and_Environmental_Affairs
Canadian ecologist
CEESP Inaugural Award for Meritorious Research (2016) and the IASC Elinor Ostrom Award for Senior Scholar (2015). Berkes, F. (2017). Sacred Ecology (4th
Fikret_Berkes
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Milton_Friedman
Networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society
farmer-managed irrigation systems in Nepal originally documented by Elinor Ostrom and colleagues, Pokharel contends that users' assessments of whether
Social_capital
Publishing arm of the University of Cambridge
2007) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Peace Prize – 2007) Elinor Ostrom (Economics – 2009) Thomas A. Steitz (Chemistry – 2009) Christopher A
Cambridge_University_Press
Indian economist and Nobel laureate (born 1933)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Amartya_Sen
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1943)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Joseph_Stiglitz
Blackburn; Carol W. Greider; Jack W. Szostak Herta Müller Barack Obama Elinor Ostrom; Oliver E. Williamson 2010 Andre Geim; Konstantin Novoselov Richard
List_of_Nobel_laureates
Calendar year
Suchinda Kraprayoon, 19th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2025) August 7 Elinor Ostrom, American economist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) Jerry
1933
Participatory tax allocation process
tax-target plans in educational programs. According to Vincent and Elinor Ostrom, it is possible that government may oversupply, and a market arrangement
Tax_choice
Interdisciplinary field
(2007) by Harry Boyte, Stephen Elkin, Peter Levine, Jane Mansbridge, Elinor Ostrom, Karol Soltan, and Rogers Smith. The authors write: We see before us
Civic_studies
OCLC 1337137583. "Jacob Grumbach Receives the 2023 Merze Tate - Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award -". Political Science Now. August 2, 2023. Retrieved
Democratic backsliding in the United States
Democratic_backsliding_in_the_United_States
Systems and services that enable open science
influenced by the analysis of Elinor Ostrom on the commons and more specifically on the knowledge commons. In accordance with Ostrom, Cameron Neylon understates
Open_Science_Infrastructure
Wisconsin, 1983 Lucius Barker, Washington University in St. Louis, 1984 Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, 1985 W. Phillips Shivley, University of Minnesota
Midwest Political Science Association
Midwest_Political_Science_Association
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
Jones (1993–1994) Sidney Verba (1994–1995) Arend Lijphart (1995–1996) Elinor Ostrom (1996–1997) M. Kent Jennings (1997–1998) Matthew Holden (1998–1999)
Woodrow_Wilson
Belgian economist
Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE) at its Sidney Conference the "Elinor Ostrom Lifetime Achievement Award". He has contributed to numerous reports
Gérard_Roland_(economist)
Overview of and topical guide to libertarianism
School economist, notable for his political work The Road to Serfdom Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) – common pool resource theorist and environmentalist George
Outline_of_libertarianism
widely on the "triple crisis" of food, climate change and finance. Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Paul Krugman, 2008 Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Amartya Sen, 1998
World Institute for Development Economics Research
World_Institute_for_Development_Economics_Research
Lecture series at the Institute of Economic Affairs
the current Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard 2012 – Elinor Ostrom, professor of political science, Indiana University, 2009 Nobel Memorial
Hayek_Lecture
American political scientist (1917–2018)
Jones (1993–1994) Sidney Verba (1994–1995) Arend Lijphart (1995–1996) Elinor Ostrom (1996–1997) M. Kent Jennings (1997–1998) Matthew Holden (1998–1999)
Charles_E._Lindblom
Calendar year
Yonath, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, and Thomas A. Steitz Economics – Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson Literature – Herta Müller Peace – Barack Obama
2009
American professor of political science (1871–1938)
Jones (1993–1994) Sidney Verba (1994–1995) Arend Lijphart (1995–1996) Elinor Ostrom (1996–1997) M. Kent Jennings (1997–1998) Matthew Holden (1998–1999)
James_Wilford_Garner
French economist (born 1956)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Philippe_Aghion
Canadian economist (born 1946)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Peter_Howitt_(economist)
Area of Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
Additionally, multiple parks in the city are named after women, such as: Elinor-Ostrom-Park Hannah-Arendt-Park Madame-d’Ora-Park Pippi-Langstrumpf-Park Yella-Hertzka-Park
Seestadt_Aspern
American economist (born 1953)
Hurwicz / Eric S. Maskin / Roger B. Myerson 2008: Paul Krugman 2009: Elinor Ostrom / Oliver E. Williamson 2010: Peter A. Diamond / Dale T. Mortensen /
Ben_Bernanke
American economist (born 1960)
and was further cultivated by his affiliation with Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom's Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis while a member of
Steven_C._Hackett
American political scientist
Economics and Political Science, edited by James E. Alt, Margaret Levi, and Elinor Ostrom, Journal of Economic Literature, 39(2001):567-569. Articles on “Game
James_D._Morrow
Government Karl Marx Das Kapital Marcel Mauss The Gift John Stuart Mill Elinor Ostrom Karl Polanyi The Great Transformation Pierre-Joseph Proudhon What Is
List of types of formally designated forests
List_of_types_of_formally_designated_forests
Collectively shared and managed information
software and Open Design. According to research by Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, the conceptual background of the knowledge commons encompasses two
Knowledge_commons
American political scientist
Jones (1993–1994) Sidney Verba (1994–1995) Arend Lijphart (1995–1996) Elinor Ostrom (1996–1997) M. Kent Jennings (1997–1998) Matthew Holden (1998–1999)
Leon_Epstein
ELINOR OSTROM
ELINOR OSTROM
Female
English
English form of French Eléonore, ELEANOR means "foreign; the other."
Boy/Male
British, English
Light
Male
Norse
Old Norse legend name of the mortal son of the god RÃg, ERLINGR means "earl, nobleman."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Eleanor, ELINOR means "foreign; the other."
Male
Italian
Italian and Spanish form of Roman Latin Cælinus, CELINO means "heaven."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Eleanor, ELEONOR means "foreign; the other."
Male
Hebrew
Hebrew name ELIOR means "my God is light."
Female
Italian
Contracted form of Italian Eleonora, ELNORA means "foreign; the other."
Female
Hebrew
(×ֶלִי×ï‹×¨Ö¸×”) Feminine form of Hebrew Elior, ELIORA means "my God is light."
Female
Welsh
Welsh name LLINOS means "greenfinch (bird)."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Eleanor, ELENORA means "foreign; the other."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Greek
Light; Variant of Eleanor; Foreign
Female
Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Eleanora, LEONOR means "foreign; the other."
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Einarr, EINAR means "lone warrior."
Male
Welsh
Welsh name ELIDYR means "brass, bronze."Â
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek
Light; Shining Light; Variant of Helen
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Eleanor, ELLENOR means "foreign; the other."
Female
English
From the name of a Tolkien character, ELANOR means "star sun."
Girl/Female
French
Light.
Girl/Female
English American Greek French Shakespearean
Shining light.
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n.
A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
n.
An editor.
a.
Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
n.
One who alienates or transfers property to another.
n.
The refined spirit; the quintessence.
n.
The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
n.
The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.
a.
Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.
n.
An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.
a.
Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
n.
Division; separation.
n.
A female editor.
n.
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
n.
One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
n.
Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
n.
An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
n.
A secret remedy; an elixir.
n.
One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line.
n.
The editor of a periodical.
n.
A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.