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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the person who delivers over or commits merchandise;
[syn: consigner, consignor]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consignor \Con*sign"or\ (? or ?; 277), n. One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee. [Written also consigner.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

consignor n 1: the person who delivers over or commits merchandise [syn: consigner, consignor]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

CONSIGNOR, contracts. One who makes a consignment to another. 2. When goods are consigned to be sold on commission, and the property remains in the consignor; or when goods have been consigned upon a credit, and the consignee has become a bankrupt or failed, the consignor has a right to stop them in transitu. (q.v.) Abbot on Sh. p. 3, c. 3. The consignor is generally liable for the freight or the hire for the carriage of goods. 1 T. R. 659.