advancer
One who advances or puts forward.
Noun
- One who advances or puts forward.
- the advancer of a theory
- The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
- A second branch of a buck's antler.
- The barr, the Beam, branch, advancers[…] of a Deers head - 1660, James Howell, Lexicon Tetraglotton:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Vulgar Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Vulgar Latin ante Vulgar Latin ab ante Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Vulgar Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancierbor. Middle English avauncen English advance Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English advancer From advance + -er.