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raiser

2 9.9

A bridge player who makes a higher bid to support their partner's offer

noun
/ˈreɪzər/

Jargon

: jugador que sube la puja

Consciousness-raisers raise the consciousness of the unconscious; capacity-builders build the capacity of the incapable.
a hell-raiser
a flag-raiser
a tax raiser

Examples

He was a quiet carouser, like his son, a retired hell-raiser who had taught both his boy and Jemma to fish and shoot.

Fiction book (2000)
- Check to the raiser.

Rounders (1998)
Stoutamire is a hell-raiser, and he raised hell about me taking the week.

Fiction book (2000)
For Premier League winner City, it was a first success since 1972 in the annual curtain raiser between the English champions and the FA Cup holders.

Blog text (12)
The man's a hell-raiser.

Blog text (9)
It's not every week that Mozart's final symphony, nicknamed the "Jupiter," is the curtain-raiser, but Fischer never has been tied down to the traditional concert model.

Blog text (31)
In the last round, Sarah was the raiser, and her partner increased the bid significantly.
As a skilled player, John often takes on the role of the raiser to signal strength in his hand.
During the game, it was clear that Mike was the raiser based on his confident bid.

Compounds

curtain raiser

1 5.6

A short event or performance that comes before the main show

hair-raiser

Informal

7.2

An experience that causes strong fear or excitement

stock raiser

4.4

A person who keeps and breeds animals like cows and sheep for meat or milk

Surface Forms

raiser singular

raisers plural

Morphology

raiser = raise (transparent) = raise + er

Standard agent nominalization from the verb 'raise'; the meaning is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

The word raiser comes from the verb raise, which meant 'to lift up', plus the ending -er that means 'one who'. So in bridge a raiser is someone who 'lifts' or increases their partner's bid.