Obs. rare. [f. as prec. + -ER1.]
1. One who abases or brings down; a humbler.
1600. Tourneur, Transf. Metam., ix. With all the force of … fearefull thunder, vailer of Earth’s pride.
2. One who vails or doffs the hat, etc., in salutation.
a. 1613. Overbury, A Wife, etc., E v b. If hee finds not good store of vailers, he comes home stiff and seer.
