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Webster 1913 Edition

(rāz′ẽr)

Noun.

One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).

Noun.

One who raises; that which raises; one that builds; one that levies or collects; one that begins, produces or propagates.

raiser ‎(plural raisers)

A person or thing that raises.
She is a raiser of gerbils.
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 2, chapter 31
  Be guided only by the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the friend of all who were afflicted and forlorn, the patient Master who shed tears of compassion for our infirmities.
A raiser armchair, an armchair with a standing-up system.