a device with springs or elasticated cords for muscular exercise
2.
a person or thing that exercises
exerciser in American English
(ˈɛxsərˌsaɪzər)
noun
1.
one who exercises
2.
any of various types of apparatus used for exercising, as an exercycle
exerciser in American English
(ˈeksərˌsaizər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that exercises
2.
an athletic device or machine employed in exercising
3.
a groom in a stable responsible for exercising horses
Word origin
[1545–55; exercise + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1545–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: articulate, integral, rounding, species, spiral-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'exerciser' in a sentence
exerciser
She still smoked occasionally and was not a fanatical exerciser.
The Sun (2015)
There was a caveat: it might be worthwhile if you're a heavy exerciser.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
And if you're a regular exerciser, this is a good post-holiday plan to get you backinto a routine.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He fusses around, entertaining me, making herbal tea for our sandwiches, showing me his hubble-bubble throat exerciser.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
I was a vegetable-eating exerciser who had never been fat, didn't smoke and didn't drink much.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The machine is probably most suitable for an edgy workaholic or a deeply reluctant exerciser.