partaker
nounEtymology From partake + -er.
1
One who partakes of something.
- The joint was passed around the circle, but he was not a partaker, so he waved it away.
- Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes, I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee: To be partaker of thy good or ill, As long as life maintaines Theridimas.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
2
A partner or accomplice.
- Synonyms
- imbiber, participant, user
- Derived terms
- copartaker