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purchaser

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who purchases.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who buys

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buyer, emptor, vendee

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: customer, client

Narrower terms: customer agent, home buyer, orderer

History

Etymology

From purchase + -er.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: һатып алыусы (hatıp alıwsı) — one who purchases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 買主 /买主 (mǎizhǔ) — one who purchases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 購買人 /购买人 (gòumǎirén) — one who purchases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 購買者 /购买者 (gòumǎizhě) — one who purchases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 買方 /买方 (mǎifāng) — one who purchases
  • Dutch: koper — one who purchases
  • Dutch: koopster — one who purchases
  • Esperanto: aĉetanto — one who purchases
  • Esperanto: aĉetantino — one who purchases
  • Finnish: ostaja — one who purchases
  • Ancient Greek: ὠνητής (ōnētḗs) — one who purchases
  • Hungarian: vevő — one who purchases
  • Hungarian: vásárló — one who purchases
  • Latin: ēmptor — one who purchases
  • Latin: ēmtor — one who purchases
  • Latin: ēmptrīx — one who purchases
  • Latin: ēmtrīx — one who purchases
  • Lithuanian: pirkėjas — one who purchases
  • Lithuanian: pirkėja — one who purchases
  • Māori: kirihoko — one who purchases
  • Polish: nabywca — one who purchases
  • Polish: nabywczyni — one who purchases
  • Russian: покупа́тель (pokupátelʹ) — one who purchases
  • Russian: покупа́тельница (pokupátelʹnica) — one who purchases
  • Tagalog: mamimili — one who purchases