acquirer

[ACQUIRE.] One who acquires. ac-quïr-ing, pr. par., a., & s. [ACQUIRE.] As substantive: Acquisition, that which is gained. with the acquirings of his father's profe ion." Naunton : Fragment a Regalia, Leicester . *ạc-quï'-ry, s. [ACQUIRE.] An acquiring, an obtaining; acquisition. "No art requireth more hard study and pain toward the acquiry of it than contentment." - Barrow : Sermons , iii. 62.