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thresholder

thresholder noun: a person who occupies the threshold between places or statuses.

Noun

thresholder (plural thresholders)

  1. A person who occupies the threshold between places or statuses.
    • The site of their transformation is the forest in which they dwell as thresholders in transition from one state of existence to another.1995, Thomas Parkhill, The forest setting in Hindu epics: princes, sages, demons, page 187
    • The term adopted by Apter (2001) for those aged 18–24 years is 'thresholders'. This is a highly descriptive and relevant way in which to interpret this life-stage.2007, Anne Grinyer, Young People Living With Cancer: Implications for Policy and Practice

Forms of thresholder

pluralthresholders

Origin of thresholder

From threshold + -er.

Questions about thresholder

What does thresholder mean?
Thresholder means a person who occupies the threshold between places or statuses.
What part of speech is thresholder?
Thresholder is a noun.
What is the plural of thresholder?
The plural of thresholder is thresholders.

Words near thresholder in the dictionary

  1. threshold potential
  2. threshold potentials
  3. threshold worker
  4. threshold workers
  5. thresholded
  6. thresholder
  7. thresholders
  8. thresholding
  9. thresholdless
  10. thresholdlike
  11. thresholds

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