arch. [f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who approaches or comes near.

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1586.  Bright, Melanch., vi. 28. Such [fishes] are … approchers nigh the sand.

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1607.  Shaks., Timon, IV. iii. 216. Thou gau’st thine eares, (like Tapsters, that bad welcom) To Knaues, and all approachers.

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1704.  Swift, Batt. Bks. (1711), 264. He furiously rush’d on against this new Approacher.

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