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overtakers

overtakers is the plural of overtaker.

Meaning of overtaker

Noun

overtaker (plural overtakers)

  1. One who overtakes.
    • That is to say, a fast steamer overtaking a slow steamer or a sailing ship, shall not run her down; and if the overtaker does run into the overtaken, then the overtaker is responsible.1872, Nautical Magazine

Questions about overtakers

What is overtakers the plural of?
Overtakers is the plural of overtaker.

Words near overtakers in the dictionary

  1. overtakeless
  2. overtakelessness
  3. overtaken
  4. overtakenness
  5. overtaker
  6. overtakers
  7. overtakes
  8. overtaketh
  9. overtaking
  10. overtaking lane
  11. overtaking lanes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overtakers (page history and authors); overtaker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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