rare. [f. prec. + -ER.] He who or that which ensures. † a. One who vouches for, guarantees. † b. One who guarantees another against loss; an underwriter; = INSURER. c. One who or that which renders (anything) certain.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 35. Wouldest thou have a Policy on Heaven?… make the Poore thy Ensurers.
a. 1660. Hammond, Wks. (1684), IV. 481. I will once set up the Ensurer’s Office, that whatever goes out on that Voyage, shall never miss to come home with gain.
1693. Luttrell, Brief Rel. (1857), III. 29. 9 merchants on the Exchange, great ensurers, are all withdrawn for considerable summs.
1694. S. Johnson, Notes Past. Lett. Bp. Burnet, I. 5. The Pulpits were the Ensurers of the King’s Word.
a. 1734. North, Exam., III. vi. § 91 (1740), 490. Just as if the Ensurers brought in a Catalogue of Ships lost, taking no Notice of Ships arrived.
