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DECLARER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does declarer mean?
• DECLARER (noun)
The noun DECLARER has 2 senses:
1. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
2. someone who claims to speak the truth
Familiarity information: DECLARER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
contractor; declarer
Hypernyms ("declarer" is a kind of...):
bridge player; hand (a card player in a game of bridge)
Derivation:
declare (designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who claims to speak the truth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
affirmer; asserter; asseverator; avower; declarer
Context example:
an avower of his own great intelligence
Hypernyms ("declarer" is a kind of...):
communicator (a person who communicates with others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "declarer"):
postulator (someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument)
Derivation:
declare (state firmly)
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