douser

[ dou-ser ]

noun

1. a person or thing that douses.
2. dowser.

Word History and Origins

Origin of douser¹

First recorded in 1880–85; douse + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Afterward a group of perhaps fifty students gathered outside the principal’s office to shout cheers for the douser, saying he had paid her back.

From Literature

That, obviously, is the nightmare of any would-be douser, and not surprisingly there are some detractors.

From New York Times

Oh, and movies can put a douser on the spew of obscenities -- anyway, who goes to a movie for the dirty words?

From Time Magazine Archive

She turned toward hidden social availability very much as the douser's hazel wand turns toward the hidden spring.

From Project Gutenberg