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 

• DECLARER (noun)

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)