Aimer

[f. AIM v. + -ER¹.] One who aims.

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1590. Greene, Neuer too late (1600), 116. Gentlemen, all riuals in loue & aymer[s] at one fortune.

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1611. Cotgr., Guigneur … a winker; an aimer with one eye, as a Gunner taking his leuell.

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1679. Coles, An aimer at, Petitor.

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1869. Mozley, Ess. (1878), II. 398. Natural selection designs perfectly … it always hits, because the aimer is, in truth, the mark.

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