RECRUITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recruiter mean? 

• RECRUITER (noun)
  The noun RECRUITER has 2 senses:

1. someone who supplies members or employees

2. an official who enlists personnel for military service

  Familiarity information: RECRUITER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECRUITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who supplies members or employees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("recruiter" is a kind of...):

provider; supplier (someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recruiter"):

headhunter (a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations))

scout; talent scout (someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports))

Derivation:

recruit (register formally as a participant or member)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An official who enlists personnel for military service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("recruiter" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recruiter"):

recruiting-sergeant (a sergeant deputized to enlist recruits)

Derivation:

recruit (cause to assemble or enlist in the military)