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# promiser

«promiser» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who makes a promise** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a promiser, promisers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who makes a promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#m1)

2) (law, formal) The person in an agreement who promises to do something (also spelled «promisor»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Rare word, used in stories, ethics lessons and law: a «good promiser» keeps promises; «a great promiser» may make many and keep few. In ethics, the promiser has a duty to the person promised. Phrases: «a promiser of great things», «the promiser and the promisee».

### examples

- He was a big promiser but a poor doer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#x1)
- A good promiser always keeps their word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#x2)
- In the contract, the promiser agrees to pay the money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#x3)
- The king was a promiser of gifts he never gave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#x4)
- Don't be a promiser if you can't keep it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#x5)
- The promiser must do what was promised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/#x6)

### note

Rare; usually we say «someone who makes promises». Built from «promise» + «-er». In law the spelling «promisor» is common, and the other person is the «promisee». Saying «promise» means keeping it is an ethical duty.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «promiser» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promiser/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.