Meaning

noun someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)

noun an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

noun person who makes a gift of property

originEtymology tree English presend English -t English present Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English presenter From present + -er.

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