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Taker

One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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Bettor 76% connected

One who bets; a better.

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Client 76% connected

A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

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Customer 76% connected

One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.

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Punter 76% connected

One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.

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Wagerer 76% connected

One who wagers, or lays a bet.

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have 74% connected

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Submit 74% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Submit 74% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Challenger noun · 86% connection

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

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Champ noun · 86% connection

someone who has won first place in a competition

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Champion noun · 86% connection

someone who has won first place in a competition

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Chewer noun · 86% connection

someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco)

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Comer noun · 86% connection

someone with a promising future

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Competition noun · 86% connection

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

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Competitor noun · 86% connection

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

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Consumer noun · 86% connection

a person who uses goods or services

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Contender noun · 86% connection

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

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Drinker noun · 86% connection

a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

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Eater noun · 86% connection

someone who consumes food for nourishment

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Enemy noun · 86% connection

a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"

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Favorite noun · 86% connection

a competitor thought likely to win

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Favourite noun · 86% connection

a competitor thought likely to win

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Feeder noun · 86% connection

someone who consumes food for nourishment

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Foe noun · 86% connection

a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"

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Imbiber noun · 86% connection

a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

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Prodigal noun · 86% connection

a recklessly extravagant consumer

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Aard-vark noun · 78% connection

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the gr…

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Abutment noun · 78% connection

The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.

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Accession noun · 78% connection

A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a rig…

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Acetabulum noun · 78% connection

The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; a…

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Apprehender noun · 78% connection

One who apprehends.

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Beneficiary noun · 78% connection

One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational…

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Binomial adjective · 78% connection

Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other th…

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Buckle noun · 78% connection

A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as par…

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Bus network noun · 78% connection

a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.; "In a bus network, every station rece…

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Catch verb · 78% connection

To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.

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Catcher noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, catches.

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Click noun · 78% connection

A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

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