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n. - A person who makes a vow.

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  • I really appreciate that quality, in my role of promisee as well as promisor.
  • At last, we can demand that the promisor put some money where his or her mouth is.
  • If he guarantees "the payment of the note," he is generally considered liable as an original promisor.
  • Sandford's main anxiety now was to provide for Stearine's note, which he felt assured the promisor could not meet.
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