| 单词 |
wagerer |
| 释义 |
wagerer|ˈweɪdʒərə(r)|
[f. wager v. + -er1.]
One who wagers or makes or lays wagers.
1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. i. (1682) 166 They made the wagerers part stakes. 1691Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 207 The attorny general hath orders to prosecute some of the late wagerers. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 72. 2/1 We wou'd..advise the Wagerers to draw Stakes. 1750H. Walpole Let. to Mann 1 Sept., When they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet. 1854Surtees Handley Cr. lxxvi. (1901) II. 267 Making a mental bet with himself—for he was a bit of a wagerer—on the double event of [etc.]. 1890Harper's Mag. Nov. 866/2 A silent ring of watchers and wagerers press closely about the table.
b. Marine Insurance. The holder of a wagering policy.
1712Mod. Reports I. 78 Surely the law would not put an insurer non bona fide, or a wagerer, in a better condition than one that insured bona fide. |
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