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PARTAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does partaker mean?
• PARTAKER (noun)
The noun PARTAKER has 1 sense:
1. someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
Familiarity information: PARTAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
partaker; sharer
Hypernyms ("partaker" is a kind of...):
participant; player (someone who takes part in an activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partaker"):
pooler (someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all)
Derivation:
partake (have, give, or receive a share of)
Context examples
“He is a partaker of glory at present, Master Copperfield,” said Uriah Heep.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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