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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[See 3d

One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.

Shak.

Noun.

[See 1st

One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Appeareth no man yet to answer the

prizer

B. Jonson.

Noun.

One that estimates or sets the value of a thing.

prizer ‎(plural prizers)

One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II. ii. 57:
  But value dwells not in particular will; / It holds his estimate and dignity / As well wherein 'tis precious of itself / As in the prizer.
(obsolete) One who contends for a prize; a prizefighter; a challenger.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, II. iii. 8:
  Why would you be so fond to overcome / The bonny prizer of the humorous Duke?
- 1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, V. iii.
  Appeareth no man yet to answer the prizer?