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portioner

portioner noun: a person who receives a portion or share of something.

Noun

portioner (plural portioners)

  1. A person who receives a portion or share of something
  2. (Scotland) The proprietor of a small portion of a larger piece of land; a laird of a small estate
  3. A person, or a machine that delivers, or measures out portions

Forms of portioner

pluralportioners

Origin of portioner

From portion + -er.

Words formed from portioner

  • heir portioner
  • heiress portioner

Questions about portioner

What does portioner mean?
Portioner means a person who receives a portion or share of something.
What part of speech is portioner?
Portioner is a noun.
What is the plural of portioner?
The plural of portioner is portioners.

Words near portioner in the dictionary

  1. portion out
  2. portionable
  3. portioned
  4. portioned off
  5. portioned out
  6. portioner
  7. portioners
  8. portioneth
  9. portioning
  10. portioning off
  11. portioning out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: portioner (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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