[f. TRANSFER v. or sb. + -ER1.] One who or that which transfers: used sometimes for TRANSFERRER, sometimes in the technical sense of TRANSFEROR.
1807. Joyce, Sci. Dial., v. Pneumatics, This instrument is called the transferer.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, III. 620 (Pottery). This impression … is then laid by the transferer [ed. 1860 transferrer] upon the ware.
1884. W. H. Rideing, in Harper’s Mag., May, 897/1. That the Bank may be sure that the transferer is the person he represents himself to be.
1906. Daily News, 12 Jan., 12. Transfer of Labourers [in S. Africa] … It is provided in the sub-section that ‘the transfer … shall be signed by the transferer, the transferee, and the labourer.’
1908. Daily Chron., 24 April, 11/7. Litho Transferer wanted.
