obtainern.
/əbˈteɪnə/, U.S. /əbˈteɪnər/, /ɑbˈteɪnər/ A person who obtains or procures something; a gainer, a winner.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires
getterc1400
procurer?1530
obtainer1531
acquister1613
acquirer1667
acquisitor1668
acquiror1789
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins
victora1400
winnerc1485
obtainer1531
triumphera1569
first oar(s)1774
bangster1820
scorer1974
1531 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 214 To deliver als meikil of our best rotht land to the oupteinar of the aforsaidis twa merkis land as said is.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxviv The more renoumed is the glory, and the fame more immortall of the vanquisher and obteyner.
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 278 Gif the obtenare of this precept..tak na seasing upoun the samin.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 54 All obtainers of provisions in the Court at Rome.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Obtainer, he who obtains.
1842 ‘J. Cypress, Jr.’ Sporting Scenes II. 43 A stray Yankee schoolmaster..was convicted..as no better than a juggler or an obtainer of other people's chattels under false pretences.
1861 C. Innes Sketches Early Sc. Hist. 259 The obtainer of the Papal and Royal privileges for the University.
1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 861 We have here a little community of food providers and food obtainers, whose population varies with the season.
1987 Stud. in Family Planning 18 160/2 The only other obtainers of consequence were the users; 25 percent of the husbands reported that their wives obtained the supplies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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