Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who awards or assigns as of right; a judge, arbitrator, or umpire.

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

  • noun One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

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

  • noun One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge, arbitrator or umpire.

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Examples

  • Do you sign up and pay for the chance to get an award when you know in your heart you won't win and that it's a serious moneymaker for the awarder?

    Richard Laermer: Introducing a New Holiday: "Totally Honest with Yourself Week" 2009

  • But for the life of me, I can't find the provider the awarder of this distinction.

    Part of the 5% Nation - Anil Dash 2007

  • Improbable Research - What's New is the blog of the Annals of Improbable Research, awarder of the annual IgNobel Prize.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Peggy 2006

  • Improbable Research - What's New is the blog of the Annals of Improbable Research, awarder of the annual IgNobel Prize.

    One stop shop for science blogs 2006

  • And during the campaign we had to listen to the not so Swift boaters challenging Kerry who did put his ass on the line unlike the awarder of these Medals of Freedom.

    Balkinization 2004

  • Although the discussion of what is physiology and what is medicine is likely to continue indefinitely, it is clear that the prize awarder has, on several occasions, applied a broad definition.

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-2000 2001

  • Prize, the Norwegian Storting quickly accepted its role as awarder of the Nobel Peace Prize.

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1901-2000 2001

  • The conclusion, however, is that there is no evidence that the prize-awarder has favored citizens of its own country.

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-2000 2001

  • Each table constitutes a mess, and there are prizes for the cleanest and best-arranged mess; so they arrange their knives, forks, and spoons in a design calculated to catch the prize-awarder's eye.

    Some Naval Yarns Mordaunt Hall

  • The man who has the instinct for comradeship will “bring home hearts by dozens” when the virtuous and well-balanced awarder of the good-conduct prizes in life's school will leave his fellows cold.

    The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

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