declarer

Plural: declarers

Noun

• One who makes a formal or public statement.
• the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
• someone who claims to speak the truth
  • "a declarer of his intentions"
• The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.
• One who declares.
• A statement that declares the properties of a variable or contributes to doing so.

Examples

• As the DECLARER of the challenged word, he confidently pointed to its dictionary entry.

Synonyms

affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower, contractor, declarant