declarer

noun

de·clar·er di-ˈkler-ər

: one that declares

specifically : the bridge player who names the trump and plays both his or her own hand and that of the dummy

Examples of declarer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Indeed, attacking a weak suit can be a good deceptive play by declarer. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024 Cy was declarer at today’s four spades, and West took three high clubs (East discarded a diamond and a heart) and shifted to a trump. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024 As today’s declarer, Cy won the first diamond in dummy, led a trump to his jack and took the A-K. When the queen didn’t fall, Cy led a fourth trump. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024 Maybe both declarers thought West had the king to explain his failure to shift to a diamond. FLEISHER won that match but lost in the semifinals. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024 The Hatter became declarer at today’s 3NT, and Alice led the jack of spades as West. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024 Cy was declarer at today’s 3NT, and West led the jack of hearts in deference to East’s overcall. —

Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024 Sanders, also an early declarer, played as an edge rusher at Alabama but transferred after notching 24 tackles and one sack in 2021. —

Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023 The declarer merely wants to set a marker for everyone to see. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021

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