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enˈsurer rare. [f. prec. + -er.] He who or that which ensures. †a. One who vouches for, guarantees. †b. One who guarantees another against loss; an underwriter; = insurer. c. One who or that which renders (anything) certain.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 35 Wouldest thou have a Policy on Heaven?..make the Poore thy Ensurers. a1660Hammond Wks. (1684) IV. 481, I will once set up the Ensurer's Office, that whatever goes out on that Voyage, shall never miss to come home with gain. 1693Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) III. 29, 9 merchants on the Exchange, great ensurers, are all withdrawn for considerable summs. 1694S. Johnson Notes Past. Let. Bp. Burnet i. 5 The Pulpits were the Ensurers of the King's Word. a1734North Exam. iii. vi. §91 (1740) 490 Just as if the Ensurers brought in a Catalogue of Ships lost, taking no Notice of Ships arrived. |