单词 | reassurer |
释义 | reassurern. 1. Insurance. A person who or firm which insures another insurer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > insurance agent or broker > other agent types reassurer1787 reinsured1840 fire adjuster1872 man from the Pru1961 1787 J. A. Park Syst. Law Marine Insurances xv. 315 Reassurance..may be said to be a contract, which the first insurer enters into, in order to relieve himself from those risks which he has incautiously undertaken, by throwing them upon other underwriters, who are called re-assurers. 1842 W. W. Story Rep. Circuit Court U.S.: 1st Circuit 1 460 No voluntary payment by the original insurers would be binding or obligatory upon the reassurers. 1998 D. Le Grys in D. F. Renn Life, Death & Money ix. 166 On with-profit policies, the reassurer followed the bonus paid by the principal office. 2. A person who or thing which reassures someone; a provider of encouragement or support. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves comfortera1382 discharger?1537 consolatora1540 assuager1547 cheerer?1567 easera1592 tame-grief1606 lightener?1611 solacer1611 lenitive1614 swager1617 allayer1631 unbender1637 comfortable1650 alleviator1725 consoler1740 soother1780 reassurer1882 a shoulder to cry on1935 1882 F. J. Scott Light From Cross xviii. 181 The constant reassurer of our hearts. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 273 In this matter the profession should take the part of the reassurer and not of the alarmist. 1977 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Nov. 25 I'll take a worrier any day over a platitudinous reassurer. 1996 Eng. Jrnl. 85 25/1 Process as a qualifier, as a reassurer, as a magic word has proven to be a wonderful spellbinder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787 |
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