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SECURER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does securer mean? 

SECURER (noun)
  The noun SECURER has 1 sense:

1. someone who obtains or acquiresplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SECURER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who obtains or acquires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

procurer; securer

Context example:

the procurer of opera tickets

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

acquirer (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))

Derivation:

secure (get by special effort)


 Context examples 


“Here is the foresight,” said he putting his finger upon the little disc and loop of the hat-securer.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was pierced in the brim for a hat-securer, but the elastic was missing.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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