Happener

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who participates in a happening. dated
  2. 2
    A person who makes things happen.

    "Goodparley says, 'O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener. […]'"

  3. 3
    A person to whom things happen.

    ""No way! He's not one of these people that do things. There's two kinds of people—the doers and the happeners. He's a happener. You know, things happen to him instead.""

  4. 4
    An event that is expected to happen; a plan that is likely to succeed. often

    "The planned access via Netizen appears not to be a happener."

Example

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"Goodparley says, 'O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener. […]'"

Etymology

From happen + -er.

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