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    RAISER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soilplay

    Synonyms:

    agriculturalist; agriculturist; cultivator; grower; raiser

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("raiser" is a kind of...):

    farmer; granger; husbandman; sodbuster (a person who operates a farm)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raiser"):

    fruit grower (someone who grows fruit commercially)

    viticulturist (a cultivator of grape vine)

    Derivation:

    raise (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A bridge partner who increases the partner's bidplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("raiser" is a kind of...):

    bridge partner (one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game)

    Derivation:

    raise (bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level)

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