Dictionary

returner en · NOUN

Etymology

From return + -er.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

punt returner · kick returner · nonreturner · kickoff returner

Synonyms

returnee · returnee

Translations (1)

de Returner (American football)