promiser

«promiser» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who makes a promise — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a promiser, promisers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who makes a promise. tree →

2) (law, formal) The person in an agreement who promises to do something (also spelled «promisor»). tree →

sense in the lessons

Rare word, used in stories, ethics lessons and law: a «good promiser» keeps promises; «a great promiser» may make many and keep few. In ethics, the promiser has a duty to the person promised. Phrases: «a promiser of great things», «the promiser and the promisee».

examples

• He was a big promiser but a poor doer. tree →
• A good promiser always keeps their word. tree →
• In the contract, the promiser agrees to pay the money. tree →
• The king was a promiser of gifts he never gave. tree →
• Don't be a promiser if you can't keep it. tree →
• The promiser must do what was promised. tree →

note

Rare; usually we say «someone who makes promises». Built from «promise» + «-er». In law the spelling «promisor» is common, and the other person is the «promisee». Saying «promise» means keeping it is an ethical duty.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «promiser» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.