n. One who conserves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deserves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a. [1913 Webster]

n. One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The observed of all observers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Careful observers may foretell the hour,
By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. “Diligent observers of old customs.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

These . . . hearkened unto observers of times. Deut. xviii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sycophantic follower. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or work of an observer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who makes preserves of fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Game preserver. See under Game. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reserves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who serves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tray for dishes; a salver. Randolph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]