signer
Americannoun
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signers
plural
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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
The first raft of Trump-approved picks included signer Gloria Gaynor, country music legend George Strait, actor Sylvester Stallone and ’70s rock band KISS.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2025
In a statement earlier this week, BTS’s management agency, Bit Hit Music, asked Suga fans to refrain from visiting the signer at his workplace during the period of his service.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
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
Musk’s promise of payments between $47 and $100 each to petition signers and referrers in swing states last year was an easy sell for many, but some say payday never came.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025
His great-great-grandfather, Eligio Ruybal, was among the signers of La Mutua’s preamble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
The list of signers included Charlotte Woodward, the only person at that meeting who would live long enough to see female suffrage become the law of the land.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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