gainer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who gains something, such as an advantage or profits

   I was clearly the gainer after the bargaining went my way.

2. 2
   noun

   One who gains a profit or advantage.

   … it is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress.

3. 3
   noun

   A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.

   I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.

4. 4
   noun

   a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board

From gain + -er. Compare German Gegner (“opponent, adversary”).

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