leave-takern.
/ˈliːvˌteɪkə/, U.S. /ˈlivˌteɪkər/ 1. A person saying goodbye.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > parting salutation > saying farewell or leave-taking > one who
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1826 P. Massinger Fatal Dowry in Cumberland's Brit. Theatre X. 33 You're a leave-taker.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xv. 310 Bess found Dick his cabin in the wild turmoil of a ship full of leavetakers and weeping relatives.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 185 The quaker librarian came from the leavetakers.
1965 Guardian 1 Feb. 1/4 Normally, the official leave-takers are presented at London Airport.
2006 Financial Times 18 Feb. 12/4 The leave-taker..would continue talking while heading out the door.
2. A person taking leave from official duties, employment, etc.
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1868 Calcutta Rev. No. 93 169 Their gain..is entirely due to the more favourable terms on which they can take their leave. It should, therefore, be exhibited as a gain to leave-takers.
1874 Westm. Rev. Jan. 50 Owing to the way in which the leave was spent, the majority of the leavetakers were incapacitated from work on the following day.
1943 B. I. Wiley Life Johnny Reb viii. 143 Induction after April 1862 of draftees whose spirits were already damaged by exposure to such epithets as slackers and conscripts, further enhanced the lists of improper leave-takers.
2003 E. C. Rudd in L. Haney & L. Pollard Families of New World 274 Pay was at a rate of between 70 and 90 percent of the leave-taker's net average earnings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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