AUTHORIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does authorizer mean? 

• AUTHORIZER (noun)
  The noun AUTHORIZER has 1 sense:

1. an authority who authorizes (people or actions)

  Familiarity information: AUTHORIZER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTHORIZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An authority who authorizes (people or actions)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

authoriser; authorizer

Context example:

the agents report back to their authorizers

Hypernyms ("authorizer" is a kind of...):

authority ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others)

Derivation:

authorize (grant authorization or clearance for)