Definition of "raiser" []

• A person or thing that raises. (noun)

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• "The History Channel 2010 "Armageddon Week" curtain raiser included a Tuesday night launch of the new series, "Life After People.""
• "Set up a page on your blog or web site explaining what the fund raiser is all about and what the money will be used to do."
• "The president's Thursday fund-raiser is his second for Mr. Giannoulias, who spent last weekend on the South Side at a public birthday party for African-American Rep. Danny Davis, where he ate catfish and potato salad while talking up a new "urban agenda.""