Definition of "severer"

severer¹

/sɪˈvɪəɹə(ɹ)/

adjective
1. comparative form of severe: more severe

severer²

/ˈsɛvəɹə(ɹ)/

noun
plural severers
1. One who severs.
  Quotations
  They received this name from the jealousy of their rivals, who thereby intimated that they were severers of the unity of the Algonquin nation, as a people who were setting up an independent government […]
  1862, Sir Daniel Wilson, Prehistoric man, researches into the origin of civilisation, page 133