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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Applier

Applier \Ap*pli"er\, n. He who, or that which, applies.

Wiktionary
applier

n. A person who, or device that applies something.

WordNet
applier
  1. n. a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission [syn: applicant]

  2. a device for applying a substance [syn: applicator]

Usage examples of "applier".

When Luxmore was preparing his famous one-page summaries for submission to his mysterious planners and appliers, he first ordered up a heap of files from the Most Restricted archive, then locked the door on himself until the document was done - although the files, when Johnson ingeniously contrived to take a look at them, related to past events such as the Suez conflict of 1956 rather than to anything that was supposed to be happening now or in the future.