obtainer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /əbˈteɪnɚ/ UK /əbˈteɪnə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who acquires or gets possession of something He proved a skilled obtainer of rare manuscripts for the collection. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who acquires or... acquirerprocurergetter Word family Related forms obtainobtainmentobtainable Etymology AI details From obtain (from Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinere, 'to hold, possess') plus the agent suffix -er. obtinere Latin tenere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # obtainer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əbˈteɪnɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /əbˈteɪnə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who acquires or gets possession of something ## Examples - He proved a skilled obtainer of rare manuscripts for the collection. ## Synonyms - acquirer - procurer - getter ## Related Forms - obtain - obtainment - obtainable ## Roots and Affixes - Root: obtinere - Root: tenere ## Etymology From obtain (from Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinere, 'to hold, possess') plus the agent suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Obtainer is from obtain (from Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinere, 'to hold, possess') plus the agent suffix -er. Important recorded forms include obtinere (Latin) and tenere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a person who acquires or gets possession of something. The wider family includes related words such as obtain, obtainment, and obtainable. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives - Register & Style markdown