1. plural of deviser; people who plan, invent, or create something
2. people who leave property or money to someone in a will (legal term)
Usage: legal; formal

Examples

• The devisers of the new marketing strategy presented their ideas to the board.
• The software devisers worked for months to perfect the application.
• The devisers of the Constitution created a framework for government.
• In the will, the devisers left their estate to their children.
• The devisers of this experiment designed it to test a new hypothesis.
• These devisers came up with an innovative solution to the problem.