Definition of "authorizer" [au•thor•i•zer]

• One who, or that which, authorizes. (noun)

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• "What's more, it also needs to line up a new "authorizer," or supervising organization, by the end of the year."
• "The president, the commander-in-chief, is the ultimate “authorizer.”"
• "In the aftermath or imminence of nuclear attack his word means launch, his word is law, he has the Gold Codes in the nuclear football that identify him and only him as the ultimate authorizer of Armageddon."