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Taker

//ˈteɪkɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who takes something.

    "She is known as quite a risk taker."

  2. 2
    one who takes a bet or wager wordnet
  3. 3
    A person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.

    "I don't want to be a relationship with you anymore - you are too much of a taker."

  4. 4
    one who accepts an offer wordnet
  5. 5
    One who is willing to participate in, or buy, something.

    "Are there any takers for helping me clean the garage this weekend?"

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  1. 6
    A nipper or claw of a scorpion. obsolete

    "The ſixt is like a Crabbe, & this is called by Elianus a flamant Scorpion, it is of a great body, and hath tonges and takers very ſolid and ſtrong, like the Gramuell or Creuiſh, & is therefore thought to take the beginning from that fiſh."

Etymology

From Middle English takere, equivalent to take + -er.

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