openers

Noun

opener (plural openers)

1. A person who opens something.
   • Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"?1863, The British Controversialist: And Literary Magazine, page 122
2. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
3. (in-compounds) An establishment that opens.
   • The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store.
4. The player who starts the betting.
5. (in plural) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
6. A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.

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