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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that forwards, especially an agent that facilitates and assures the passage of received goods to their destination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who forwards or sends forward; specifically, in the United States, one who ships or sends forward goods for others to their destination by the instrumentality of third persons; a forwarding merchant.
  • noun One who forwards, promotes, advances, or furthers.
  • noun In bookbinding, a workman who, after receiving the sewed book, puts on its back and covers, trims its edges, and fits it for the finisher.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who forwards or promotes; a promoter.
  • noun (Com.) One who sends forward anything
  • noun (Bookbinding) One employed in forwarding.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective superlative form of forward.
  • noun One who, or that which, forwards something to another destination.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From forward +‎ -er.

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