ratifier
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈrætɪfaɪər/
- Formal
:
ratificador
- The appointment power did not receive extensive scrutiny in most of the state ratification conventions, as the ratifiers focused more closely on the larger, more prominent issues of the federal government's structure and powers.
- drafters and ratifiers
- framers and ratifiers
- ratifiers of the Constitution
Examples
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Perhaps it is true that John Bingham, his colleagues in Congress, and the state ratifiers meant to "refine" the Bill of Rights as well as to apply the refined Bill against the states.
Academic text (2000) -
As a ratifier of the treaty, she ensured that all terms were acceptable before signing.
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Was this supposed to be the legislative intent of the drafters and ratifiers?
Blog text (21) -
The record instead reveals that its drafters and ratifiers more likely viewed the Free Exercise Clause as a guarantee.
Academic text (1997) -
Still, the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution established rules and standards for determining the scope of national authority; that those rules and standards produce different outcomes in later circumstances is neither surprising nor troubling.
Academic text (2002) -
It is reasonable to presume that the drafters and ratifiers of the First Amendment, many of whom served in state legislatures, assumed courts would apply the Free Exercise Clause similarly, so that religious liberty was safeguarded.
Academic text (1997) -
Most contemporary scholars, whether they call themselves "originalists" or not, believe that constitutional meaning should be derived, at least in part, from the understandings of those who framed and ratified the constitutional text (or perhaps of the citizens whom those framers and ratifiers represented).
Academic text (2000) -
In the meeting, the committee members acted as ratifiers of the new policy, formally approving it for implementation.
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The organization appointed several ratifiers to confirm the new regulations that would guide their operations.
Synonyms
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4.0
A person who gives official permission for requests or actions
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6.7
Something that makes a decision seem accepted or legal
A person or group that gives official permission for something
A person or group who gives official approval to something
A person who agrees with an idea or plan
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ratifier comes from the verb ratify, which comes from an old word ratus meaning 'fixed' or 'decided'. A ratifier is someone who 'fixes' a decision in place by approving it, so the word means a person or group that formally confirms an agreement.