declarer

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /dɪˈklɛrər/ UK /dɪˈkleərə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
one who declares; in bridge, the player who plays the contract

The declarer led a low card from the dummy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · one who declares; in... announcerproclaimerasserteraffirmer

Word family

Related forms declare declarationdeclarative

Etymology

Agent noun from declare, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārāre ('to make clear, announce'), from de- (intensive) plus clārāre ('to make clear'), from clārus ('clear, bright').

dēclārāre Latin clārus Latin

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Topics

Sports & Fitness Word Formation & Derivatives

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# declarer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈklɛrər/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈkleərə/

## Meanings
1. one who declares; in bridge, the player who plays the contract

## Examples
- The declarer led a low card from the dummy.

## Synonyms
- announcer
- proclaimer
- asserter
- affirmer

## Related Forms
- declare
- declaration
- declarative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dēclārāre
- Root: clārus

## Etymology
Agent noun from declare, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārāre ('to make clear, announce'), from de- (intensive) plus clārāre ('to make clear'), from clārus ('clear, bright').

## AI Etymology
Declarer has the etymological history Agent noun from declare, from Old French declarer, from Latin dēclārāre ('to make clear, announce'), from de- (intensive) plus clārāre ('to make clear'), from clārus ('clear, bright'). The ancestry passes through Latin dēclārāre and Latin clārus. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as a noun, it means "one who declares; in bridge, the player who plays the contract", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include declare, declaration, and declarative.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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