risker

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/ˈɹɪskə(ɹ)/

noun

One who risks or hazards something.

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Meanings

nounrisker (plural riskers)

plural riskers

  1. One who risks or hazards something.

    And hither came t'observe and smoke What courses other riskers took

    1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC

Origin

From risk + -er.

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APA

risker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risker

MLA

“risker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “risker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risker.

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