signer
Americannoun
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a person who signs.
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a person who writes their name, as in token of agreement.
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a person who communicates by or interprets into sign language.
noun
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a person who signs something
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a person who uses sign language to communicate with deaf people
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The Interior Department recently installed a statue of Caesar Rodney, a Delaware signer of the Declaration of Independence and a slave owner, in Washington’s Freedom Plaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In some cases, adult children have convinced elderly or ailing parents to add them as an authorized signer on a bank account, instead adding themselves as co-owners.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
He's now giving away a million dollars to a random signer every day, creating a sort of electoral lottery.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2024
The signer performed some of her greatest hits, including Nothing Really Matters, Like a Prayer and Vogue, and was joined on stage at one point by Brazilian singer Anitta.
From BBC ● May 5, 2024
One of the women arrested was a descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
For years following, back in the U.S., he traveled up and down the Eastern seaboard sketching or painting as many of the signers as were still to be found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Named for a favorite buttonwood tree on Wall Street, the agreement pledged the signers to trade only with one another, and at set rates.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence knew their expression of character placed them at mortal risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
The bills would ban the practice of paying circulators for each signature, and would require circulators to read a summary of petitions to would-be signers or allow them to read it themselves.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
Of all the original signers of the Declaration of Independence, “You are the youngest and the most energetic in mind and body,” and therefore most likely to be the final survivor.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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