English noun: applier |
1. | applier (person) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission |
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| Synonyms | applicant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aspirant, aspirer, bidder, claimant, hopeful, job candidate, material, petitioner, possible, probable, requester, submitter, suppliant, supplicant, wannabe, wannabee |
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2. | applier (artifact) a device for applying a substance |
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| Synonyms | applicator |
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| Broader (hypernym) | device |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | flux applicator, paintbrush, spray gun |
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