signer

[ sahy-ner ]

noun

1. a person who signs.
2. a person who writes their name, as in token of agreement.
3. a person who communicates by or interprets into sign language.

ˈsigner

/ ˈsaɪnə /

noun

1. a person who signs something
2. a person who uses sign language to communicate with deaf people

Other Words From

• post·signer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of signer¹

First recorded in 1605–15; sign + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The petition encouraged signers to file a consumer complaint with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General.

From Outside Online

Each investment will be voted on by all the collective’s key signers, some 36 in total, the majority of whom are female.

From TechCrunch

The letter didn’t lob criticism at any specific company or executive, and some of the corporate signers themselves previously did not take a public stance on the law.

From Vox

He noted that the university’s Homewood campus in Baltimore had been the site of a plantation held by Charles Carroll — a signer of the Declaration of Independence who enslaved people.

From Washington Post

“I had unanimous support for my ‘Audit the Fed’ bill from Republicans, and Boehner was a co-signer,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

Mike Signer on how America has overcome militant manias before.

From The Daily Beast

Signer Costa was at the Festival in 1829, and he afterwards appeared on the stage at the Royal.

From Project Gutenberg

Philip Livingston, a signer and a strenuous advocate for the declaration of independence, died.

From Project Gutenberg

Thomas M'Kean died; a signer of the declaration, and governor of Pennsylvania.

From Project Gutenberg

Who is the purported signer of those notes, Exhibits Nos. 55, 56, and 66?

From Project Gutenberg

A little farder, Signer Vandal, and den may put you head into de window, and cash de wensh.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• endorser
• signatory