promise
noun
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one.
promiser
-
a word derived from
promise.
Example Sentences
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The claw machine—that infamous promiser of childhood treasures, known for stealing your quarters and almost never yielding up its flimsy prizes—has gotten an upgrade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The oratorical type Is the emotional type, expansive, a quick promiser who can diagnose evils and cannot prescribe for them, and of course rarely cures them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jr.'s help, Jack Kennedy can hardly outdo Hubert Humphrey as a convincing promiser of New Deal benefits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Faithful is HE that has promised, and HIS promises are not too great to be made good—for Omniscience is my promiser, and I have Omnipotence itself for my security.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
If the act promised becomes unlawful between the making and the execution of the promise, the promise is made void, and the promisee has no ground of complaint against the promiser.
From A Manual of Moral Philosophy by Andrew P. (Andrew Preston) Peabody
