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Found in thesaurus: waterman, boater, boatman, kicker, gambler

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punter
n. one who drop-kicks a ball; gambler, one who wagers; one who propels a boat by poling

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Punter
The word punter may refer to:
  • A speculator in the stock market
  • A gambler, particularly an amateur betting on horse racing or a player in the game of Baccarat
  • A beginner skier or snowboarder, especially one with particularly bad style
  • Someone who uses a punt (boat)
  • Punter (football), a position in American or Canadian football
  • The Punters, a Newfoundland traditional music group
  • Punter (protocol), a file-transfer protocol
  • Ricky Ponting (born 1974), nicknamed Punter, a former Australian cricketer
  • A British, Australian, New Zealand and Hiberno (Irish) English pejorative colloquial term for a paying guest or customer, especially
  • Punter (ship), a Dutch flatbottom ship type
  • Australian or New Zealand colloquial term for voting citizens
  • Punternet, an escort rating service

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punter
Noun
1. someone who propels a boat with a pole
(hypernym) boatman, boater, waterman
(derivation) punt, pole
2. (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
(hypernym) kicker
(derivation) punt
(classification) football, football game
3. someone who bets
(synonym) bettor, better, wagerer
(hypernym) gambler
(hyponym) taker
(derivation) bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt


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punter (de)
n. punt

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Punter
(v. t.)
One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.
  
 
(n.)
One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
  

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