raiser

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English raise Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English raiser From raise + -er.

1. A person or thing that raises.

   “She is a raiser of gerbils.”

   “Be guided, only by the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the friend of all who were afflicted and forlorn, the patient Master who shed tears of compassion for our infirmities.”

2. A kind of armchair with a standing-up system.
3. The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.