What is "raiser"

Usage examples of "raiser".

For years past Miss Gardiner has been famous as a raiser of stock, equine and bovine, but unfortunately she has been most frequently before the public as the strong assertor of territorial rights.

These two were tough unshell raisers, as their father said, but laughing hell raisers.

Freud banned hypnotism from his system of psychotherapy and, as an entirely illogical consequence of this ban, hypnotism came to be largely neglected in surgery and general medicine, where it is of such inestimable value as a nonpoisonous anesthetic, as a raiser of resistance to infection, as an improver of morale, as a promoter of healing and an accelerator of convalescence.

It had placed Archie at a disadvantage for the first time as assigner because Rollo had only been the curtain raiser, a bit of amusement Obie had arranged to enliven the proceedings.

When not used for contests, the Black Theater, as the locals called it, staged ballets, music festivals, defloration ceremonies and other priestly fund raisers for the local gods.

James Travis is the organizer, fund raiser, last court of appeal on policy.

That was the spectacular one, the real curtain raiser, but in fact plenty had been going on in the previous seconds.

Main Street was fairly swarming with people: bleacher builders, banner hangers, balloon inflaters, barricade raisers.

There was a fund raiser for a senator that night, one of those glittering dinners requiring the attendance of wealthy patrons, collectors, curators and anyone else who wanted to contribute to the campaign chests of the senator whose committee oversaw the disbursement of federal grants to the arts.