hastener

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A person who or thing which hastens something.

- A letter requesting a reply to previous correspondence.

- A metal stand or screen used to reflect the heat of a fire back on to a roasting joint of meat. Compare haster, meat-screen.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century; earliest use found in George Pettie (c1548–1589), writer of romances. From hasten + -er




definition by Oxford Dictionaries