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reˈturner
[f. return v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who or that which comes back or returns, in various senses of the verb.
1611Cotgr., Reconvoyer, to..bring, or lead, a returner onward on the way. 1658J. Owen Of Temptation Wks. 1851 VI. 121 Some few returners from folly. 1775in Stone Invasion Canada (1867) 67 Col. Enos, who more immediately commanded the division of returners. 1820T. L. Peacock Four Ages Poetry Wks. 1875 III. 334 Mr. Wordsworth, the great leader of the returners to nature. 1890Illustr. Lond. News 9 Aug. 170/1 O marvellous returner from the dim seas of the past.
2. One who or that which gives or brings back.
1691Locke Raising Value Money Wks. 1714 II. 84 The Goldsmiths and returners of Money will give more for Bullion to export, than the Mint can give for it to coin. 1829Bather Serm. II. 65 Be not only placable and forgiving but returners of good for evil. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1197 The returner guiding the canes between the top and delivering rollers.
Add:[1.] b. spec. One who returns to employment after a long interval, esp. a woman who resumes work after leaving it to raise children. Freq. as woman returner.
1963Guardian 21 Jan. 4/1 We are allowed to take ‘off-ration’ part time teachers, married women returners..and a few other special categories. 1981Daily Tel. 14 Dec. 7/5 The newcomers, the young graduates with non-vocational degrees, or women returners who..lack recent experience. 1984Times 16 Aug. 23/3 What of the qualified returner whose skills are rusty? 1989Your Business Feb. 55/1 Other sources of labour will have to be found... The most likely one is married women ‘returners’, who will often work part-time.
[2.] b. Amer. Football. A player who collects the ball from a kick downfield, etc. and carries it back towards the opposing team.
1963R. Smith Pro Football x. 117 He was the most feared kickoff returner in the game. 1972D. Kowet Golden Toes xvi. 114 The returner will bring it back for more yardage against the kicking team. 1988L. Wilson Amer. Football v. 82/1 When the center snaps the ball, the two wide players sprint down-field heading straight for the returner. |