[f. CHEAPEN + -ER1.]
† 1. One who offers a price; a bidder. Obs.
1633. Ames, Agst. Cerem., Pref. a 2 b. Many wil be comers, hearers, Cheapners, until they finde that the word growes somwhat high rated.
1750. Johnson, Rambl., No. 75, ¶ 11. Why should she think her cheapener obliged to purchase?
2. One who makes a thing cheap.
1846. Mozley, Ess. (1878), I. 251. Religion has sternly revenged herself on those who made her ridiculous; she has been made vile, and she has thrown into the mire her cheapeners.
