n. One who economizes; one who uses money, material, time, etc., economically or sparingly.n. In engineering, an apparatus by which economy, as of fuel, is effected; specifically, one in which waste heat from a boiler or furnace is utilized for heating the feed-water.n. Also spelled economiser.n. Specifically— In fog-signaling on British railways, a device by which the detonation of one track-torpedo on the rail by the passage of the engine-wheels removes the second one in series before the wheels reach it.