[f. as prec. + -ER1: cf. also ASSERTOR.] One who asserts.
1. One who maintains or defends; a champion.
1643. Milton, Divorce, Introd. (1851), 12. Our wonted prerogative of being the first asserters in every great vindication.
1728. Young, Love Fame, IV. (1757), 110. The Crown’s asserter, and the People’s friend.
1833. I. Taylor, Fanat., x. 458. A strenuous asserter of apostolic authority.
2. One who makes positive declarations.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., III. xix. 411. As oonli therof teller, asser[t]er, or witnesser.
1818. Cobbett, Resid. U. S., 84. He is a bold asserter; and very few of his statements proceed upon actual experiments.
1865. Mozley, Mirac., i. 211, note. According to which the Church was an infallible asserter.
