declarer

/dɪˈklɛrər/
noun
  1. A person who makes a formal or public statement.
    • The declarer of the new policy faced many questions from the press.
    • The declarer of the treaty signed on behalf of both nations.
    • As the declarer of the results, she read the names aloud.
  2. In card games such as bridge, the player who chooses the trump suit and plays both their own hand and the dummy hand.
    • The declarer won the contract and played the hand skillfully.
    • She became the declarer after her partner passed.
    • In bridge, the declarer sits opposite the dummy.
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