declarer
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Definition
Noun: 1. A person who makes a formal or emphatic statement: Someone who asserts, affirms, or avows something, often with confidence or boldness. 2. A specific player in the card game of contract bridge: The player who, having won the auction (bidding), states (declares) which suit will be the trump suit for that hand.
Examples of Usage
- As a person who makes a statement:
- He was a passionate declarer of human rights.
- The prophet stood as a declarer of truths that many did not wish to hear.
- As a bridge player:
- As the declarer, she carefully planned how to win the required number of tricks.
- The declarer's goal is to fulfill the contract made during the bidding.
Advanced Usage
- Legal/Formal Context: In some formal contexts, a can refer to someone who makes a sworn statement or declaration.
- The customs form requires the signature of the importer as the declarer of the goods.
Variants and Related Words
- Declare (verb): To state formally, publicly, or emphatically. (e.g., ).
- Declaration (noun): A formal or explicit statement or announcement. (e.g., ).
- Assertor / Asseverator (noun): A person who asserts something forcefully. (Close synonym for the first meaning).
- Avower (noun): A person who acknowledges or confesses something openly.
Synonyms
- For meaning 1 (person who states): Affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower, proclaimer, announcer.
- For meaning 2 (bridge player): (There is no direct common synonym; the role is specific to bridge.)
Related Phrases
- To declare oneself: To state one's views, intentions, or identity openly.
- After years of silence, the artist finally declared himself on the political issue.
- To declare for/against: To state one's public support or opposition.
- Several prominent senators declared for the new policy.
Related Idioms
- (Bridge terminology) "Dummy is declarer's partner": In bridge, once the play begins, the declarer's partner's cards are placed face-up on the table; this player is called the "dummy." The idiom highlights that while the dummy is technically the partner, the declarer plays both hands.
- Remember, dummy is declarer's partner, so you must play the cards from that hand according to the declarer's instructions.
Noun
- someone who claims to speak the truth
- a bold asserter
- a declarer of his intentions
- affirmers of traditional doctrine
- an asseverator of strong convictions
- an avower of his own great intelligence
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps