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thanker

thanker noun: one who thanks.

Noun

thanker (plural thankers)

  1. One who thanks.
    • He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

Forms of thanker

pluralthankers

Origin of thanker

From thank + -er.

Questions about thanker

What does thanker mean?
Thanker means one who thanks.
What part of speech is thanker?
Thanker is a noun.
What is the plural of thanker?
The plural of thanker is thankers.

Words near thanker in the dictionary

  1. thanked one's stars
  2. thankee
  3. thankees
  4. thankefull
  5. thankefulnesse
  6. thanker
  7. thankers
  8. Thankerton
  9. thankes
  10. thankful
  11. thankfuller

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