Meanings
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.
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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.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene iiSynonyms: imbiber, participant, user
- A partner or accomplice.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who partakes of something.
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Origin
Translations
Arabic شَرِيك
- شَرِيك (šarīk)one who partakes of something
Bulgarian участник
- участник (učastnik)one who partakes of something
Czech účastník
- účastníkone who partakes of something
German Teilhaber, Teilhaberin
- Teilhaberone who partakes of something
- Teilhaberinone who partakes of something
Hungarian résztvevő
- résztvevőone who partakes of something
Irish rannpháirtí
- rannpháirtíone who partakes of something
Russian уча́стник, уча́стница
- уча́стник (učástnik)one who partakes of something
- уча́стница (učástnica)one who partakes of something
Spanish participante, consumidor
- participanteone who partakes of something
- consumidorone who partakes of something
- tomadorone who partakes of something
Cite this entry
partaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partaker
“partaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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