ensurern.
rare.
He who or that which ensures.† a. One who vouches for, guarantees. Obsolete.† b. One who guarantees another against loss; an underwriter; = insurer n. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures (himself)
insurer1649
ensurer1654
assurant1863
assurer1865
hedger1874
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor
borrowa1000
festermanOE
inborghc1175
pledge1348
surety1428
warrant1478
soverty1517
creditor1523
cautionerc1565
warranter1583
caution1586
warranty1586
security1600
stipulator1610
engager1611
pawner1611
undertaker1616
bond1632
ensurer1654
cautionary1655
security man1662
voucher1667
warrantee1668
respondent1672
guarand1674
guarantee1679
guaranty1684
hypothecator1828
warrantor1850
guarantor1853
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 35 Wouldest thou have a Policy on Heaven?..make the Poore thy Ensurers.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > insurance agent or broker
ensurer1649
insurance broker1651
adjustor1871
twister1924
1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations ii. 50 I will once set up the Ensurers office, that whatever goes out on that voyage, shall never misse to come home with gain.
1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 29 9 merchants on the Exchange, great ensurers, are all withdrawn for considerable summs.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §91 490 Just as if the Ensurers brought in a Catalogue of Ships lost, taking no Notice of Ships arrived.
c. One who or that which renders (anything) certain.
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1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 9 Faith is the best ensurer of thy bliss.
1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 5 The Pulpits were the Ensurers of the King's Word.
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