awarder
English
Noun
awarder (plural awarders)
- One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge, arbitrator or umpire.
Usage notes
- Modern usage has tended to extend beyond solely judicial one.
Synonyms
References
- awarder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “awarder”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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