Approver

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who manages a landed estate for the owner; a bailiff or steward of a manor; an agent.
  • noun. One who approves or commends.
  • noun. One who proves or offers to prove; specifically, in law, one who confesses a felony, and gives evidence against his accomplice or accomplices; an informer and accuser; one who turns king's or state's evidence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
  • noun. An informer; an accuser.
  • noun. One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.
  • noun. A bailiff or steward; an agent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who approves or gives approval.
  • noun. (law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; who commits approvement.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an authority with power to approve
  • Word Usage
    "Kenneth Ward, chief of policy and administration at the department, is listed as the "approver" for the Electroworld transactions, according to the receipts."
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    accuser  agent  informer  
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