Overreacher

Overreacher
Overreacher \O`ver*reach"er\, n. One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat. [1913 Webster]

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  • overreacher — noun see overreach …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • overreacher — See overreach. * * * …   Universalium

  • overreacher — noun One who overreaches …   Wiktionary

  • overreacher — n. someone or something which overreaches; overambitious person …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overreacher — noun N. Amer. a fraudster …   English new terms dictionary

  • overreacher — over·reach·er …   English syllables

  • overreacher — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rēchə(r) noun : one that overreaches …   Useful english dictionary

  • overreach — overreacher, n. /oh veuhr reech /, v.t. 1. to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down. 2. to go beyond, as a thing aimed at or sought: an arrow that had overreached the target. 3. to stretch to… …   Universalium

  • overreach — Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to reach above or beyond ; overtop 2. to defeat (oneself) by seeking to do or gain too much 3. to get the better of especially in dealing and bargaining and typically by unscrupulous or crafty methods… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Harry Levin — Harry Tuchman Levin (July 18 1912 – May 29, 1994) was an American literary critic and scholar of modernism and comparative literature.Born in Minneapolis, Harry Levin was educated at Harvard University (where he was a contemporary of M. H.… …   Wikipedia

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