Definition of "approver" []

• One who approves or gives approval. (noun)
• (law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; who commits approvement. (noun)

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• "Kenneth Ward, chief of policy and administration at the department, is listed as the "approver" for the Electroworld transactions, according to the receipts."
• "The word 'approver' stuck in my gorge, as used by the Lord Chief Justice; for we looked upon an approver as a very low thing indeed."
• "The frivolity of the screenplay in first half acquires seriousness when the hero turns 'approver', bashes up the baddies, helps the police nab a bunch of terrorists and recovers a large quantity of RDX explosive towards the climax."