[f. WAGER v. + -ER1.] One who wagers or makes or lays wagers.
1660. Ingelo, Bentiv. & Ur., I. (1682), 166. They made the wagerers part stakes.
1691. Luttrell, Brief Rel. (1857), II. 207. The attorny general hath orders to prosecute some of the late wagerers.
1708. Brit. Apollo, No. 72. 2/1. We wou’d … advise the Wagerers to draw Stakes.
1750. H. Walpole, Lett. to Mann, 1 Sept. When they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet.
1854. Surtees, Handley Cr., lxxvi. (1901), II. 267. Making a mental bet with himself—for he was a bit of a wagerer—on the double event of [etc.].
1890. Lafcadio Hearn, in Harper’s Mag., Nov., 866/2. A silent ring of watchers and wagerers presses closely about the table.
b. Marine Insurance. The holder of a wagering policy.
1712. Mod. Reports, I. 78. Surely the law would not put an insurer non bona fide, or a wagerer, in a better condition than one that insured bona fide.
