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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 acquires
Familiarity information: SECURER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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