deˈfrayer
[f. defray v. + -er1: cf. obs. F. defrayeur in Cotgr. 1611.]
One who defrays or discharges a monetary obligation; a payer of expenses.
| 1580 North Plutarch (1676) 273 The Registers and Records kept of the defrayers of the charges of common Plays. 1755 Johnson, Defrayer, one that discharges expences. |