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Answer for the clue "Defter doctor aboard liner taken ill ", 7 letters:
nimbler

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: nimble )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nimble \Nim"ble\ (n[i^]m"b'l), [Compar. Nimbler (n[i^]m"bl[~e]r); superl. Nimblest (n[i^]m"bl[e^]st).] [OE. nimel, pro orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take, AS. niman; akin to D. nemen, G. nehmen, OHG. neman, Icel. nema, Goth. nima, and prob. ...

Usage examples of nimbler.

Behind it they could see the dark bulk of the nimbler, solid as a wall.

When the nimbler ceased to move he lifted the caller to his mouth, readied his tongue.

It did not crumble as had the wall in that other chamber when the nimbler had battered it, but parted evenly, as if slashed carefully by claw tip.

When the nimbler ceased to Move he lifted the caller to his mouth, readied his tongue.

They were formed beneath the rocks and ordered upwards, but the rocks were steep and the Riflemen nimbler than their heavily laden opponents.