partaker

partaker

English

Etymology

    From partake + -er.

    Noun

    partaker (plural partakers)

    1. One who partakes of something.
      The joint was passed around the circle, but he was not a partaker, so he waved it away.
      • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. [] The First Part [], 2nd edition, part 1, London: [] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
        Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes,
        I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee:
        To be partaker of thy good or ill,
        As long as life maintaines Theridimas.
    2. A partner or accomplice.

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