noun
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a person or thing that balances
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entomol another name for haltere
Etymology
Origin of balancer
First recorded in 1400–50 (earlier in Anglo-French surnames); late Middle English; see balance, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Stevie could be the one to go forward, and Carrick could be a better balancer.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
The U.S. will always serve as this market balancer because its commercial structure permits LNG cargo cancellations.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
President Franklin Roosevelt was an instinctive budget balancer and didn’t particularly like Keynes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2021
Nearby shelves held tubs of gut balancer, biotin hoof supplement, and electrolyte-maintenance liquid.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
In the Malacostraca they are chiefly sensory, the endopodite forming a long flagellum, while the exopodite may form a lamellar “scale,” probably useful as a balancer in swimming, or may disappear altogether.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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