declarer
Dummy's card partner
A declarer is someone who declares or announces something formally.
In bridge, the declarer is the player who wins the auction and plays the hand, controlling both their own cards and the dummy's: The declarer finessed the queen and made the contract.
The term appears occasionally in legal or official contexts for one who makes a declaration.
Enforceable written agreement
- trumpSuit outranking all others
- dummyLifelike substitute figure
- biddingOffering prices or obeying
- handGrasping body part
finesse · partnership · slam · ruff · vulnerable · overtrick · auction · trick
One who announces publicly
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- announcerOne who introduces programs
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- broadcasterOne who transmits programs
advocate · orator · messenger · speaker · voice · asserter · affirmer · pronouncer
contract
Enforceable written agreement
hand · finesse · partnership · slam · ruff · vulnerable · overtrick · auction · trick · suit
proclaimer
One who announces publicly
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- announcerOne who introduces programs
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
broadcaster · advocate · orator · messenger · speaker · voice · asserter · affirmer · pronouncer
plaintiff
Civil case initiator
testimony · affidavit · deposition · witness · statement · sworn · customs · goods · assets · income
- bridgecontract bridge, duplicate bridge, rubber bridge, bridge table, trump
- trick-takingtrump, trumps, trump suit, tricks, trick-taking
- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
- windbagswindbag, blowhard, gasbag, bloviator, pontificator
- declare warFormally announce military action
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- declaration of warFormal announcement of hostilities
- declaring warFormal announcement of military action
- declared warFormally announced military aggression
- tax declarationsFormal income reports to authorities
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