presentern.
/prᵻˈzɛntə/, U.S. /prəˈzɛn(t)ər/, /priˈzɛn(t)ər/ 1. A person who presents or offers up something as a gift; a donor. Also: a person who formally presents an award, prize, etc.
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the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > giver > one who presents
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representer1483
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 261 (MED) Whanne a man offriþ eny þing to god, þilk deede of offring is not ellis þan a presenting..for þis entent, þat þe presenter..meene þerbi þat he takiþ and biknowiþ god for his souereynest and heed lord.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse Ded. 5 to Cheke Not respectynge so muche the vylenes therof, as the good mynde of the presenter of ye same.
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum Ded. One presented vnto him a booke..the presenter replied.
1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies ii. 34 He tells us the Weight, the Price, and the Presenter of every piece.
1786 E. Inchbald Appearance is against Them (new ed.) i. 23 Altho' your Lordship has had the delicacy not to avow yourself the presenter of this valuable gift, yet something whispers me, it can be none but your Lordship to whom I am indebted.
1876 H. T. Williams Pacific Tourist 164 Then follow the names of the directors and officers of the Central Pacific Company and of the presenter of the tie.
1895 Evening Democrat (Warren, Pa.) 26 Dec. W. I. Bartholemew acted in the capacity of speech maker and gift presenter and distinguished himself in the office.
1903 Motor. Ann. 184 Mr. Gordon Bennett, the presenter of the Cup, is entitled to a seat on every such Committee.
1988 Sun (Brisbane) 14 Apr. 26/5 Actor/comedian Robin Williams did not win the best actor Oscar but he was one of the most entertaining presenters at the ceremony.
1998 Potentials in Marketing (Nexis) Oct. 88 Both recipients and presenters of gift certificates have virtually nothing bad to say about them.
2. Law. A person (usually a lawyer) who makes a presentment in court of a fact, offence, etc.; = presentor n. 1a.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > action of laying something before court > one who
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presenterc1503
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxviii/2 That persone that..presentith the said cause of forfeitour to the chamberleyn of london for the tyme beyng vpon dew prouf by the presenter made.
?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. A8v The thyrd [part] to the presenter that can iustyfye the matter.
1561 in Sir J. T. Gilbert Calr. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1891) II. 14 The presenter, fynder or spier of thoffence to have thone haulfe.
1656 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1898) I. 251 John Harman was chosen to ye Office of a Presenter to present breaches of ye Lawes.
1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 2 Sept. (O.H.S.) I. 40 If we consider of wt Persons the juries consist, & who are the Presenters.
1794 Pleas of Crown II. sig. K The other equal moiety or half part thereof, [sc. the charges of the suit] should be to the use of the presenter of the said offence.
1891 F. W. Maitland & W. P. Baildon Court Baron 100 The said Benedict complaineth of all the presenters that falsely and maliciously have they indicted him.
1961 J. H. Smith Colonial Justice W. Mass. vii. 126 Whether this was regarded as a violation of a town order or came within the category of ‘any other misdemeanor’ which the presenter had authority to present is not clear.
2005 Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. 4 If the prosecution had lay presenters, the next step would be lay defenders, according to Kris Venkatasami, the FDA national convenor.
3.
a. A person who formally introduces someone.
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a1509 (?1468) Acct. Marriage Margaret of York in Archaeologia (1846) 31 327 (MED) Ther abode [with] my ladye, attendinge apon hir in hir ship, my lord Skalles, hir presenter.
1675 Cullen Kirk Session Rec. 25 Nov. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue That..[a poor school boy] be presented by my neirest freinds whom I doe heirby authorise to be presenters.
1706 A. Boyer Ann. Q. Anne IV. 254 [The] prolocutor..chose for his Presenter the Dean of Christ Church..who accordingly presented him..with an Elegant Latin Speech.
1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley I. xiv. 235 We had been presented to King George the First,..the presenter being Robert earl Danvers.
1979 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 22 July c8/2 At the induction ceremony Frank Gatschner..will be the official presenter for the quarter back.
1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. 5/1 Master of ceremonies Robert Beechner introduced each debutante and her father or presenter as the pairs passed through a rose arbor arch and around the perimeter of the dance floor.
b. A person who presents someone to a benefice, or to any position or office, or for a degree.See also presentor n. 1b.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > one who has
patronc1300
presentorc1455
presenter1544
collator1612
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > presenting a person for office > one who
presenter1903
1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Bvij The presenter of the clercke to a benefyce.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Mandate The pope..commands some Ordinary, Collator, or Presenter, to put the Person there nominated in possession of the first Benefice vacant in his Collation.
1793 J. Entick New Spelling Dict. (rev. ed.) p. xxxiv Presenter, one who bestows a benefice.
1852 Times 9 June 3/1 A strict examination by the bishop of presenters was very popular in this country.
1903 Daily Chron. 26 June 5/1 Lord Kelvin..The first honorary Doctor of Science of London University was described by his presenter on Wednesday as ‘a greater philosopher than Democritus, and one in whom are united the qualities of Archimedes and Aristotle’.
1927 H. Belloc Hist. Eng. II. 13 The Papal Court reserved benefices to itself..to the loss and exasperation of lay presenters.
1999 Chatanooga Times Free Press (Nexis) 1 Mar. b3 Bishop von Rosenberg was presented to the chief consecrator by lay and clergy presenters.
4. A person who presents an address, petition, bill, cheque, etc.
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the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [noun] > one who offers
proffererc1530
presenter1559
offerer1581
propiner?1591
tenderer1650
society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > presenting for payment > one who
presenter1766
1559 Acte of Subsedye in Anno Primo Reginæ Elizabethe at Parl. xx. f. ix The sommes made and presented by the presenters, sworne as is abouesayde.
a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 282 That the compliner authorise the presenter of the supplicatioune with sufficient mandat.
1647 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 218. 597 To the presenter of the Petition, the Lords returned thankes.
1685 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 165 To the presenter of signatures in exchequer..27: 15: 06.
1714 J. Macky Journey through Eng. I. xi. 142 These Officers..are the Presenters to Her Majesty of all Memorials from Foreign Ministers.
1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 364 No presenter [of a bill] is obliged to wait longer.
1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches II. 45 To intimidate and prosecute the presenters of this remonstrance.
1803 Times 21 Nov. 2/6 The King has been pleased to appoint..James Montgomery, of Stanhope, Bart. Advocate and Presenter of Signatures, to be his Majesty's Advocate in Scotland.
1864 Daily Tel. 27 Apr. 3/5 Addresses were presented to Garibaldi this afternoon... The presenters and a large number of other persons had interviews with the General in the library.
1881 Philad. Record (U.S.) No. 3473. 6 The rules of the bank required that the presenter of a check should be identified.
1935 Times 2 Jan. 17/7 Paid coupons will be marked in respect of the part-payment and will later be returned to the presenter.
1991 S. Owen Richard Baxter (BNC) 8 Danse, the Vicar,..was able to strike a deal with Sir Henry Herbert of Bewdley, the presenter of the petition.
2005 Cabinet Maker (Nexis) 22 July 28 If you have any suspicions about the card, the presenter or the circumstances surrounding the transaction, telephone the authorisation operator.
5. A person who represents a character on the stage; an actor. Now archaic and rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]
playera1400
game-player1533
comedy player1550
stage-player1561
actor1566
histrion?1566
comediant1568
representer1579
stager1580
presentera1586
histrio1589
stageman1589
gamester1596
player-man1596
Roscius1600
stagerite1602
theaterian1602
comedian1603
scenic1612
representant1622
play-actor1633
parta1643
histrionic1647
representator1653
artist1714
mummer1773
actor-manager1826
Thespian1827
impersonator1830
personifier1835
player-manager1895
thesp1962
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vi. sig. Ll7v The deuice did teach the eyes the present miserie of the presenter himselfe.
1606 Harington in J. Nichols Progr. Jas. I (1828) II. 73 Strange Pageantries..of this sort in our Queen's days I was sometime an humble Presenter and Assistant.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. vii. 162 His skill in performing, the presenter of Pyramus.
1903 E. K. Chambers Mediaeval Stage I. iv. 85 The parade..seems to be the origin of a certain familiar type of dramatic prologue in which the author or the presenters of a play appear in their own persons.
1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk Play 13 At Rogate the Presenter blows a cow-horn to announce the approach.
6. A person who or thing which presents something to the mind, to view, or to general notice. Cf. presentation n. 5b.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > one who describes
descriptor1528
describer?1550
painter1570
presenter1608
delineator1631
imagera1680
detailer1794
descriptionist1819
pictorialist1839
word-painter1839
delineatress1848
1608 G. Wilkins Painfull Adventures Pericles sig. A3v (list of characters) Iohn Gower the Presenter.
1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue iv. 200 But if we ask,..what idea does this word [thing] present? we answer, none! There is no creature, no subject of speech or of thought, which can claim the word thing as its presenter.
1897 E. Dowden Hist. Fr. Lit. i. iii. §3. 53 The presenter in literature of this glittering spectacle is the historian Jean Froissart.
1993 Brandweek (Nexis) 2 Aug. 5 For all the presenters of elegant theory at a recent trade-marketing conference in San Francisco, Brennan provided the collision with reality.
2002 Jrnl. for Quality & Participation (Nexis) Summer 35 People resist ideas..for three reasons: 1. they do not get the idea (Level 1 resistance), 2. they do not like it (Level 2 resistance), and 3. they do not like the presenter of the idea (Level 3 resistance).
7. A person who presents or introduces a programme on radio or television.
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society > communication > broadcasting > broadcaster > [noun] > types of
co-host1908
announcer1922
newsreader1925
race-reader1926
newscaster1930
sportscaster1930
quizzee1933
school broadcaster1937
commentator1938
racecaster1938
sportcaster1938
femcee1940
record jockey1940
disc jockey1941
narrator1941
deejay1946
colourman1947
anchorman1948
host1948
jock1952
speakerine1957
presenter1959
linkman1960
anchorwoman1961
rock jock1961
anchor1962
jockey1963
voice-over1966
anchorperson1971
outside broadcaster1971
news anchor1975
talk-master1975
satcaster1982
1959 Times 12 Nov. 5/3 Where advertising had not been inserted smoothly..it was usually found that there had been an error of timing on the part of, say, a programme presenter.
1967 Listener 24 Aug. 249/2 A few words spoken into a camera by a presenter can smooth..an awkward script.
1976 Evening Times (Glasgow) 1 Dec. 6/1 It's the fact that the Nationwide presenter made a quick dash by air from London to Abbotsinch and then on to Paisley.
1996 J. Doran Red Doran 228 I knew a presenter in Radio Foyle and told him I kept bees, so nothing would do him but he would interview me at the hive.
2005 Independent 11 Feb. 12/2 The broadcaster..like nearly all modern BBC weather presenters trained with the Met Office as a meteorologist before hitting the airwaves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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