| Approver 1. (n.) One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial. 2. (n.) An informer; an accuser. 3. (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See Approvement. 4. (n.) A bailiff or steward; an agent. Thesaurus Entries Anglophobe, Russophobe, approver, ass, bitter-ender, bug, bullethead, chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist, dogmatizer, donkey, fanatic, fiend, freak, hardnose, hater, illiberal, infallibilist, intolerant, intransigeant, intransigent, jingo, last-ditcher, male chauvinist, man-hater, maniac, maverick, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogynist, mule, nut, opinionist, perverse fool, pig, pighead, positivist, purist, racist, sexist, standpat, standpatter, stickler, superpatriot, ultranationalist, woman-hater, xenophobe, zealot |