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نَظُورٌ

Root: نظر

Full Definition

نَظُورٌ and نَظُورَةٌ and نَاظُورَةٌ and A chief person, whether male or female, to whom one looks. You say, فُلَانٌ نَظِيرَةٌ قَوْمِهِ, and قَوْمِهِ, Such a one is the person to whom his people look, and whom they imitate, or to whose example they conform. All these words are also used in a pl. sense: or [so in some copies of the K; but in others, and,] نظيرة and نظورة have نَظَائِرُ for their pl., sometimes.
2 Also, نَظُورٌ A man who neglects not to look at, or to consider, that which, or him who, disquiets him, or renders him solicitous.
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