Franchiser

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A franchisor, a company which or person who grants franchises.

    "But franchisers don't sell many of their thirty-three billion hamburgers per year in blue highway towns where chophouses must draw customers through continuing quality rather than national advertising."

  2. 2
    A person who has the right to vote. rare

    "No man oppresses thee, O free and independent Franchiser: but does not this stupid Porter-pot oppress thee? No Son of Adam can bid thee come or go; but this absurd Pot of Heavy-wet, this can and does!"

Example

More examples

"But franchisers don't sell many of their thirty-three billion hamburgers per year in blue highway towns where chophouses must draw customers through continuing quality rather than national advertising."

Etymology

From franchise + -er.

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