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gainer|ˈgeɪnə(r)|
Also 6 geyner, 6–7 gayner.
[f. gain v.2 + -er1.]
One who gains, makes profits, or derives advantage.
1538Elyot, Lucrio, a couetous manne, an inordynate gayner. 1548Forrest Pleas. Poesye in Starkey's England Pref. 88 If merchauntes..Shoulde bee enriched and made grete geyners. 1590Lambarde Office Alienation in Bacon's Wks. 1730 III. 554 The client, besides..retaining a good conscience..is always a gainer, and by no means can be at any loss. 1716Addison Freeholder No. 42 ⁋6 By extending a well-regulated Trade we are as great Gainers by the Commodities of many other Countries as of our own Nation. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 161 The interests of British India..will be gainers by the contest. 1884Truth 13 Mar. 375/2 We should be losers rather than gainers. |