returner

English

Etymology

return + -er

Noun

returner (plural returners)

  1. One who returns from another place.
    • 2002, Nilda Flores-González, School Kids/Street Kids, →ISBN, page 145:
      Returning to school is fairly simple, but remaining there proves to be a challenge for the returners.
  2. One who returns something, such as defective goods.
    • 2016, Robert Bly, The Marketing Dictionary for the 21st Century:
      For instance, some merchants suppress the names of “serial returners; basically, customers who repeatedly buy products that they quickly return after using them once.
  3. (American football) A player who runs back a ball which has been punted or kicked

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

returner

  1. imperative of returnere

Old French

Verb

returner

  1. Alternative form of retorner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin retornare (to turn back), from Latin re- + tornō, tornāre (turn), from tornus (lathe).

Verb

returner

  1. (Puter) to return, give back

Synonyms

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