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partaker

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who partakes of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The joint was passed around the circle, but he was not a partaker, so he waved it away.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A partner or accomplice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sharer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: participant

Narrower terms: pooler

History

Etymology

From partake + -er.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَرِيك (šarīk) — one who partakes of something
  • Aramaic: ܫܘܬܦܐ — one who partakes of something
  • Aramaic: ܫܘܬܦܬܐ — one who partakes of something
  • Old Armenian: կցորդ (kcʻord) — one who partakes of something
  • Bulgarian: участник (učastnik) — one who partakes of something
  • Czech: účastník — one who partakes of something
  • Galician: participante — one who partakes of something
  • German: Teilhaber — one who partakes of something
  • German: Teilhaberin — one who partakes of something
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰 (gamainja) — one who partakes of something
  • Hungarian: résztvevő — one who partakes of something
  • Irish: rannpháirtí — one who partakes of something
  • Old Church Slavonic: съприимьникъ (sŭpriimĭnikŭ) — one who partakes of something
  • Old Church Slavonic: състольникъ (sŭstolĭnikŭ) — one who partakes of something
  • Old Church Slavonic: обьщьникъ (obĭštĭnikŭ) — one who partakes of something
  • Old Church Slavonic: причѧстьникъ (pričęstĭnikŭ) — one who partakes of something
  • Old Church Slavonic: съпричѧстьникъ (sŭpričęstĭnikŭ) — one who partakes of something
  • Russian: уча́стник (učástnik) — one who partakes of something
  • Russian: уча́стница (učástnica) — one who partakes of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀чеснӣк — one who partakes of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀чесница — one who partakes of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùčesnīk — one who partakes of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùčesnica — one who partakes of something
  • Spanish: participante — one who partakes of something
  • Spanish: consumidor — one who partakes of something
  • Spanish: tomador — one who partakes of something