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handshakers

handshakers is the plural of handshaker.

Meaning of handshaker

Noun

handshaker (plural handshakers)

  1. One who gives a handshake.
    • A potentially great statesman is not likely to be by natural inclination an enthusiastic, grinning, and indefatigable handshaker, babykisser and small-talkie walkie; yet, no one who is not an enthusiastic, grinning, and indefatigable handshaker, babykisser and small-talkie walkie can become a great...1960, James Boyer May, Trace - Issues 35-43, page 27
  2. (US, slang) A deceitful person, a swindler.

Questions about handshakers

What is handshakers the plural of?
Handshakers is the plural of handshaker.

Words near handshakers in the dictionary

  1. handshake
  2. handshake deal
  3. handshake deals
  4. handshaked
  5. handshaker
  6. handshakers
  7. handshakes
  8. handshaking
  9. handshakings
  10. handshape
  11. handshapes

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