Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who leases or gathers; a gleaner.
  • noun One who leases or lets; a lessor.
  • noun One who tells a falsehood; a liar.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A liar.
  • noun obsolete One who leases or gleans.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nonstandard One who leases or gleans; lessor.
  • noun Leaseman.

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Examples

  • (But then again: Seale wrote the autobiography of Khalid Bin Sultan (owner or "leaser" of Al-Hayat.

    Sunday, August 03, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • (But then again: Seale wrote the autobiography of Khalid Bin Sultan (owner or "leaser" of Al-Hayat.

    Sunday, August 31, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • The leaser takes the planes back after this and the airline can induct a brand new one in its place.

    How Rahul Bhatia Found IndiGo Gold Cuckoo Paul 2010

  • SolarCity Inc., a leaser and installer of solar-energy systems, says it turned down financing of up to $100 million from an outside investor.

    GE's Big Bet On Small Firms Yuliya Chernova 2011

  • Mr. Udvar-Hazy co-founded International Lease Finance Corp., a major aircraft leaser, nearly 40 years ago before leaving last year.

    Air Lease Gains in NYSE Debut Lynn Cowan 2011

  • The leaser takes the planes back after this and the airline can induct a brand new one in its place.

    How Rahul Bhatia Found IndiGo Gold Cuckoo Paul 2010

  • The entirety of the strand's bandwidth belongs to the leaser, who supplies his own lasers, which can cost more than $5 million, to light the line and transmit information.

    Wall Street's Speed War 2010

  • The entirety of the strand's bandwidth belongs to the leaser, who supplies his own lasers, which can cost more than $5 million, to light the line and transmit information.

    Wall Street's Speed War 2010

  • The entirety of the strand's bandwidth belongs to the leaser, who supplies his own lasers, which can cost more than $5 million, to light the line and transmit information.

    Wall Street's Speed War 2010

  • Berkshire operations that provide luxury products such as its jewelry businesses or plane leaser NetJets are recovering, albeit off a "very, very low base."

    Buffett Says Economy Showing 'Significant' Signs Of Life 2010

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  • More poetry from the Century:

    "n. One who leases or gathers; a gleaner.

    n. One who leases or lets; a lessor.

    n. One who tells a falsehood; a liar."

    April 19, 2012