profferer

English

Etymology

proffer +‎ -er

Noun

profferer (plural profferers)

  1. One who proffers something.
    • 1598?, Two Gentlemen of Verona,Act I, scene II, lines 53-4:
      Since maids, in modesty, say 'No' to that / Which they would have the profferer construe 'ay'

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for profferer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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