Dictionary

raiser en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)/

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.

Meanings

1. A person or thing that raises.
   • She is a raiser of gerbils.
   • 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. 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Closed”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 2nd book (Riches), page 599:
2. A kind of armchair with a standing-up system.
3. The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.

Forms

Deriveds

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