acquirer
(əˈkwaɪərə(r))
[f. acquire v. + -er1.]
One who acquires, or obtains for himself.
1768 Blackstone Comm. II. 221 He was not descended, nor derived his blood, from the first acquirer. 1865 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. I. ii. ix. 108 This is the third Hohenzollern whom we mark as a conspicuous acquirer. |