willers

Noun

willer (plural willers)

1. One who wills; who causes by an act of will or willpower.
   • For he sayeth vnto Moses: I wyll haue mercy on whom I haue mercy, and haue compassion on whom I wyl haue compassion. It is not therfore of the wyller, nother of the runner, but of God the shewer of mercy.1538, Myles Coverdale, transl., The Newe Testamente both Latine and Englyshe, Romans 9.16

   Synonyms:

   desirer

2. One who leaves an inheritance by writing a will.
   • The father died. The females three Were much in haste the will to see. They read, and read, but still Saw not the willer's will. For could it well be understood That each of this sweet sisterhood, When she possess'd her part no more, Should to her mother pay it o'er?1880, Jean de La Fontaine, J W M. Gibbs, The fables of La Fontaine, tr. by E. Wright, page 48

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