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bidder|ˈbɪdə(r)|
[f. bid v. + -er1.]
†1. One who asks or begs; bidders and beggars is frequent in P. Plowman, referring to those who made a trade of begging. Obs.
1362Langl. P. Pl. Prol. 40 Bidders [v.r. bydderes] and Beggers · faste a-boute eoden. 1393Ibid. C. x. 61 Beggers and bydders beþ nat in [þat] bulle.
2. One who commands or orders.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 3679 Onence þe bidder it standes in nede. 1632Sherwood, A bidder, commandeur.
3. One who invites, or delivers an invitation.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xxii. 4 They agayne neglected the bidder. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. III. 205 On the Bidder's Part every Circumstance conspires to magnify his Condescension. 1876Whitby Gloss. Pref. 9 To the burying the parish clerk was the usual Bidder.
4. One who makes an offer for a thing, esp. at a public auction; also fig. (The usual sense.)
1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2050/4 The Bidder to advance 6d. per Gross upon each bidding. 1702Ibid. No. 3832/4 To be sold to the highest Bidder. 1710Steele Tatler No. 195 ⁋5 This over-stock of Beauty, for which there are so few Bidders. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. 109 The Roman world was to be disposed of to the best bidder by public auction. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. §5. 203 The Universities will be the only bidders for such eminent qualities.
5. Card-playing. One who makes a bid (see bid n. 2) (see also quot. 1908). Cf. declarer 3 b.
1880‘Trumps’ American Hoyle 230 The bidder may at his option call for a lead of any suit from the player whose proper lead it is. 1897R. F. Foster Complete Hoyle 271 The hands are usually abandoned when the bidder succeeds in his undertaking. 1908L. Hoffmann Five Hundred 14 The player who has bid highest is thenceforth known as ‘the bidder’ for that hand. 1929M. C. Work Compl. Contract Bridge ii. 9 The exact strength of the bidder's hand is of vital importance. |