[f. AMEND v. + -ER1.] One who, or that which, amends. Const. usually of.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Wife’s T., 341. Poverte is … A gret amender eek of sapiens.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 1557, 402/2. Theyr amenders and punyshers, God hath maynteyned and fauoured.
a. 1776. Ld. Lyttelton, Wks., 1776, I. 85. That it [his motion] will not be mended … and then objected to and thrown out by the amenders.
1871. Daily News, 30 March, 5/4. Mr. Lowther, who originated the debate, was ambitious of trying his hand as an amender of the Act.
