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Definition of Returner
1. n. One who returns.
Definition of Returner
1. Noun. One who returns ¹
2. Noun. (American football) A player who runs back a ball which has been punted or kicked ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Returner
1. one that returns [n -S] - See also: returns
Lexicographical Neighbors of Returner
Literary usage of Returner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1854)
"5, is a side view of the returner, detached. a, is the bed-plate of the machine,
supporting the bracket b, which carries the needle slide c. ..."
2. Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesby Nyanatiloka by Nyanatiloka (1980)
"If, namely, according to the Vism., the disciple ( non-returner or arahat) passes
through the absorption merely by means of tranquillity, ie, concentration, ..."
3. Sugar Growing and Refining: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Culture of Sugar by Charles George Warnford Lock, George William Wigner, Robert Henry Harland (1882)
"It was formerly the custom to make the returner-bars much lighter than those
ordered and supplied at present. When canes are passed through a mill without ..."
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