PROPOSER
Dictionary entry overview: What does proposer mean? • PROPOSER (noun)
The noun PROPOSER has 2 senses:
1. someone who advances a suggestion or proposal
2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
Familiarity information: PROPOSER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROPOSER (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who advances a suggestion or proposal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
proposer; suggester
Context example:
the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool
Hypernyms ("proposer" is a kind of...):
conceiver; mastermind; originator (someone who creates new things)
Meaning:
(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mover; proposer
Hypernyms ("proposer" is a kind of...):
conceiver; mastermind; originator (someone who creates new things)
Domain category:
order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proposer"):
nominator (someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election)
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