Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that takes or takes up something, such as a wager or purchase.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cylinder on a wool-carding machine for taking the fibers from the feed-rolls to the main cylinder. Also called licker-in or taker-in.
  • noun One who takes, in any sense; specifically, a purveyor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who takes something.
  • noun A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.
  • noun One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one who takes a bet or wager
  • noun one who accepts an offer

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

to take + -er

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Examples

  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

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  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

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  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

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  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

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  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

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  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

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  • This rare Hollywood risk-taker is currently starring in The Kids Are All Right, a comedy about lesbian parents.

    Julianne Moore: 'I'm going to cry. Sorry' Kira Cochrane 2010

  • However, the penalty taker is just as likely (28.7 per cent of the time) to blast the ball straight in front of him as to hit it to the right or left.

    C'mon Frenchie, get it straight 2009

  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

    Vitamins 2009

  • I am not a big vitamin taker, but I am a big Dr. Simi booster.

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