addresser
(əˈdrɛsə(r))
[f. address v. + -er1.]
One who addresses; one who sets right (obs.); one who pays addresses (obs.); the signer or deliverer of an address; the person who addresses or directs a message or letter to any one.
| [1495: cf. addresseress.] 1681 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 100 The addressers..adjourned to the Divill tavern, and there signed the addresse. 1748 Richardson Clarissa xvii. (1811) II. 112 It is dangerous to be laid under the sense of an obligation to an addresser's patience. 1844 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. II. 86 As an addresser of the lower orders—he has no existing equal. 1881 Echo 7 Nov. 4/6 Advt., Envelope and circular addressers. |