promiser

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PROM'ISER, noun One who promises; one who engages, assures, stipulates or covenants. Fear, says Dryden, is a great promiser We may say that hope is a very liberal promiser The import of a promise, when disputed, is not to be determined by the sense of the promiser nor by the expectations of the promisee. [Note. In law language, promisor is used, but without necessity or advantage.]
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