the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who offers, in any sense of that word, or presents for acceptance; one who sacrifices or dedicates in worship; one who offers a proposal, or makes a bid or tender.
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n. someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
Word Usage
"a seal of divine forgiveness, that the offerer is supposed, all at once, to remember that some brother has a just cause of complaint against him through breach of this commandment in one or other of the ways just indicated."