[f. CONFER v. + -ER1.] One who confers: see the verb.
1565. Abp. Parker, Corr. (1853), 234. Our book which is subscribed to by the bishops conferrers.
1625. Ussher, Answ. Jesuit, 134. Appointed to be witnesses rather than conferrers of that grace.
1741. Richardson, Pamela (1824), I. xxxii. 327. Several persons, as conferrers or receivers.
1871. Alabaster, Wheel of Law, 208. Conferrers of a name.
1887. Baring-Gould, Gaverocks, I. xix. 263. The recipient, not the conferrer, of favours.
