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apprizer

noun

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Meanings

nounapprizer (plural apprizers)

plural apprizers

An appraiser.
Scots lawA creditor for whom an appraisal is made.
The apprizer, therefore (as the holder of a mortgage was then called), entered upon possession, and, in the language of Hotspur, “came me cranking in”
1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin

From apprize + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with apprizer

advisor kaiser caesar visor appetizer riser wiser divisor geyser reviser incisor finalizer tenderizer appriser baptizer chastiser cognizer despiser deviser devisor disguiser guiser micropulverizer prizer

Cite this entry

APA

apprizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apprizer

MLA

“apprizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apprizer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apprizer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apprizer.

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