See Also: deliverer(dictionary)

designation (iou) and deliverer (iou)


designation (iou)



designation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French designation or Latin designatio(n-), formed as DESIGNATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action of marking or pointing out; indication by words or signs. LME.
The action or an act of setting aside for or devoting to a particular purpose; Scots Law the setting apart of manses or glebes for the clergy. Now arch. or Hist. L16.
The action of appointing or nominating a person to office; the fact of being nominated. E17.
b. The appointment of a thing; the summoning of an assembly. M17-L18.
The quality of being marked out or fitted for a particular Employment; a vocation; suitability. M17-L18.
Purpose, intention, design. M17-M18.
A distinctive mark or indication. M17.
A descriptive name, an appellation; Law a statement of profession, residence, etc., added for purposes of identification to a person's name. E19.

deliverer (iou)



deliverer noun. ME.
[Old French delivrere, formed as DELIVER verb: see -ER2.]
A person or being who sets free or releases; a rescuer, a saviour. ME.
Great Deliverer: see GREAT adjective.
A person who hands over, transfers, or commits something to another; one who delivers letters, parcels, ordered goods, etc. LME.
A person or being who utters, enunciates or recites, something; one who pronounces judgement etc. L16.
deliveress noun (rare) a female deliverer M17.