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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Declarer

Declarer \De*clar"er\, n. One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits.
--Udall.

Wiktionary
declarer

n. 1 (context bridge English)The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump. 2 One who declares. 3 (context computer science English) A statement that declares the properties of a variable or contributes to doing so.

WordNet
declarer
  1. n. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps [syn: contractor]

  2. someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence" [syn: asserter, affirmer, asseverator, avower]

Usage examples of "declarer".

Pendergast toyed with the players, shifting Blackwood, Gerber, and Stayman conventions, positing a forgetful declarer, misunderstood signals between East and West.

If, then, a player holds six trumps with an average hand as regards the rank of his cards, or five trumps with a hand of no-trump strength, it is highly probable that he is as strong as the declarer.

For the Civill Soveraignty, and supreme Judicature in controversies of Manners, are the same thing: And the Makers of Civill Laws, are not only Declarers, but also Makers of the justice, and injustice of actions.