partaker

noun

Definition of partakernext
as in participant
one who takes part in something any partaker of forbidden activities will be severely punished by the sect's elders

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  1. participant
  2. participator
Noun
  • Unlike traditional sports betting, prediction markets function more like exchanges, with participants taking positions against one another rather than against a house.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In a 2020 interview with the local news station KTVZ, Nickerson identified the boy, then 10, as a participant in a special needs program run by the school district.
    — HAVEN DALEY, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of participant
Noun
  • And in doing so, Gunther often lulls crowds into becoming sporting event spectators rather than the raucous participators that most other wrestlers try to draw out of them.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Definition of participator
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“Partaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partaker. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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