RAISER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raiser mean? 

• RAISER (noun)
  The noun RAISER has 2 senses:

1. a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

2. someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

  Familiarity information: RAISER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAISER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bridge partner who increases the partner's bid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

bridge partner (one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game)

Derivation:

raise (bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

agriculturalist; agriculturist; cultivator; grower; raiser

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

farmer; granger; husbandman; sodbuster (a person who operates a farm)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raiser"):

fruit grower (someone who grows fruit commercially)

viticulturist (a cultivator of grape vine)

Derivation:

raise (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)