raiser

English

Etymology

raise +‎ -er

Noun

raiser (plural raisers)

  1. A person or thing that raises.
    She is a raiser of gerbils.
    • 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 2, chapter 31
      Be guided only by the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the friend of all who were afflicted and forlorn, the patient Master who shed tears of compassion for our infirmities.
  2. A raiser armchair, an armchair with a standing-up system.

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