[f. prec. + -ER1.]
1. One who or that which forwards.
1549. Coverdale, etc., Erasm. Par. Eph., Prol. A fyne forewarder of the ghospels lybertie.
1611. Cotgr., Poulseavant … an overseer, and forwarder of a worke that requires hast.
1611. Barrey, Ram Alley, V. i.
| Nor … am I accessory, | |
| Part, or party-confederate, abettor, | |
| Helper seconder, perswader, forwarder, | |
| Principal, or maintainer of this late theft. |
1681. Chetham, Angler’s Vade-m., xii. § 2 (1689), 308. Fresh Water being a great forwarder of Fishes feeding.
1797. Burke, Regic. Peace, iii. Wks. 1808, VIII. 274. Contempt of the suppliant is not the best forwarder of a suit.
1840. Carlyle, Heroes ii. (1858), 222. It [Mecca] had at one time a population of 100,000; buyers, forwarders of those Eastern and Western products; importers for their own behoof of provisions and corn.
2. Bookbinding. (See quot. 1890.)
1870. Echo, 20 Dec. The men … are divided into two classes, forwarders and finishers.
1875. Ure’s Dict. Arts, I. 424. The ends of the cords are then drawn by the ‘forwarder’ through holes pierced in the boards.
1890. Zaehnsdorf, Binding Bk., 18. Forwarder, the workman who takes the books after they are sewn, and advances them to the covering department.
