noun
Meaning 1
A person or thing that raises.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She is a raiser of gerbils.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
raiser
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/ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -eɪzə(ɹ)
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homophone: raser
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homophone: razor
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CMU ARPABET: R EY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A kind of armchair with a standing-up system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster
Narrower terms: fruit grower, viticulturist
noun
Meaning 5
a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bridge partner
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English raise Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English raiser From raise + -er.