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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 shareplay

  Familiarity information: PARTAKER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARTAKER (noun)


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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