overtakern.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈteɪkə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈteɪkər/

Forms: see over- prefix and taker n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overtake v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < overtake v. + -er suffix¹.

A person who or thing which overtakes (in various senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > one who or that which > one who

staina1586

exceeder1625

eclipser1748

surpasser1805

outdoer1824

outshiner1864

overtaker1885

1494 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 67 That the sellaris thairof putt thame oppinly to the merkett..under pane of escheitt to the owertakare.

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Alcançador An ouertaker.

1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland II. viii. 259 He is looked on as a fossilized kind of Conservative by his successors and overtakers.

1928 Times 9 Nov. 13/5 It was the duty of the overtaker to avoid an accident.

1951 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 235 228 Image-movement from front to back at a moderate rate, as in the eyes of one locust overtaking its neighbour, evokes no compensatory response in the overtaker.

1990 People 29 Apr. 30 While on holiday in Jamaica, I saw a hoarding..: Undertakers love Overtakers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overtaker
释义	overtakern. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈteɪkə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈteɪkər/ Forms: see over- prefix and taker n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overtake v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < overtake v. + -er suffix¹. A person who or thing which overtakes (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > one who or that which > one who staina1586 exceeder1625 eclipser1748 surpasser1805 outdoer1824 outshiner1864 overtaker1885 1494 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 67 That the sellaris thairof putt thame oppinly to the merkett..under pane of escheitt to the owertakare. 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Alcançador An ouertaker. 1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland II. viii. 259 He is looked on as a fossilized kind of Conservative by his successors and overtakers. 1928 Times 9 Nov. 13/5 It was the duty of the overtaker to avoid an accident. 1951 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 235 228 Image-movement from front to back at a moderate rate, as in the eyes of one locust overtaking its neighbour, evokes no compensatory response in the overtaker. 1990 People 29 Apr. 30 While on holiday in Jamaica, I saw a hoarding..: Undertakers love Overtakers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1494
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