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English
Etymology
From partake + -er.
Noun
partaker (plural partakers)
- 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, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: 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.
- A partner or accomplice.
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Translations
one who partakes of something