Hypertext Webster Gateway: "approver"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n.
1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another.
See 1st {Approvement}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n. [See 2d {Approve}, v. t.] (Eng. Law)
A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] --Jacobs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
approver
n : an authority with power to approve
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