Declarer

de·clare  (d-klâr)

v. de·clared, de·clar·ing, de·clares

v.tr.

1. To make known formally or officially. See Synonyms at announce.

2. To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm.

3. To reveal or make manifest; show.

4. To make a full statement of (dutiable goods, for example).

5. Games To designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand in bridge.

v.intr.

1. To make a declaration.

2. To proclaim one's support, choice, opinion, or resolution.

Idiom:

declare war

1. To state formally the intention to carry on armed hostilities against.

2. To state one's intent to suppress or eradicate: declared war on drug dealing in the neighborhood.

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[Middle English declaren, from Old French declarer, from Latin dclrre : d-, intensive pref.; see de- + clrre, to make clear (from clrus, clear; see kel-² in Indo-European roots).]

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de·clara·ble adj.

de·clarer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	declarer - the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps contractor bridge player, hand - a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge"
	2.	declarer - someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence" affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower communicator - a person who communicates with others postulator - someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument