raiser

English

Etymology

From raise +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
• Homophones: raser, razor

Noun

raiser (plural raisers)

1. A person or thing that raises.

   She is a raiser of gerbils.

   • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Closed”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 2nd book (Riches), page 599:

     Be guided, only by the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the friend of all who were afflicted and forlorn, the patient Master who shed tears of compassion for our infirmities.

2. A kind of armchair with a standing-up system.
3. (architecture) The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.

Derived terms

• childraiser
• curtain-raiser
• eyebrow-raiser
• fire-raiser
• fireraiser
• fundraiser
• hair raiser
• hair-raiser
• hell-raiser
• hellraiser
• stockraiser

Anagrams

• reairs, Sierra, airers, 'Arries, sierra, iraser, Rieras, re-airs, arsier, arries