voicern.
/ˈvɔɪsə/, U.S. /ˈvɔɪsər/ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > voter
suffragator1606
suffragant1613
suffrager1614
voicer1618
voter1647
1618 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1845) III. liii The voicers were threatened to voice affirmativé.
1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1775) I. 145 Our assembly, consisting of them [sc. elders], and ministers elected by their voicers.
1651 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1893) II. 32 He wes..a voicer in Parliament for that ingagement.
2. Music. A person who voices (voice v. 6a) a musical instrument, usually an organ; esp. a person whose occupation is to voice organ pipes.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > [noun] > instrument makers or fitters > organ builder or fitter
organ maker?1431
organer1442
organ-man1497
organist1512
organ builder1725
voicer1879
1879 Organ Voicing 12 Touching the manufacture of all pipes, it is of paramount importance to the voicer, that they should be thoroughly well made.
1889 Sir J. Stainer in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 335/2 Few are equally good voicers both of reed and flue-pipes.
1911 A. Dolge Pianos & Makers I. iii. iii. 324 Mathushek could, as a voicer, produce a tone quality in his own pianos that no other man could imitate.
1967 New Idea (Austral.) 25 Feb. 3/3 A voicer usually stays in the factory, getting the organ pipes in their raw state..and producing the noise that he wants from them.
2006 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 27 Oct. Inside the factory's small ‘voicing rooms’, each voicer works with a machine that is essentially a stripped-down organ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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