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... acquirer procurergetter

Word family

Related forms obtain obtainment obtainable

Etymology

From obtain (from Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinere, 'to hold, possess') plus the agent suffix -er.

obtinere Latin tenere Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# 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

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