retakern.
/(ˌ)riːˈteɪkə/, U.S. /rəˈteɪkər/, /riˈteɪkər/ A person who retakes something (in various senses); (now esp.) a person who resits an examination or examinations.
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the mind > possession > taking > [noun] > taking back or again > one who
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1648 Moderate Intelligencer No. 179. 1504 For Tinmouth Castle, being plundred by the Re-takers thereof.
1689 Treaty in N. Magens Ess. Insurances (1755) II. 473 The Estimation shall be made by the Retaker.
1732 tr. in Gen. Coll. Treatys Peace & Commerce 479 The Retaker shall be allowed, as a reward, the 5th Part of the Value of the Ship.
1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 689 The Right of Re-taking, is not personal to the Re-taker, but national, to any Subject of the Re-taker's Nation.
1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. v. 102 Upon recapture from pirates, the property is to be restored to the owner, on allowance of a reasonable compensation to the retaker.
1898 G. Rawlinson Mem. Major-Gen. Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson vi. 129 It was ascertained that Shumshoodeen Khan, the re-taker of Ghuzni, had moved out of that place with 500 horse and two guns.
1904 G. F. Longsdorf Current Law I. 1176/2 On rescission for fraud of a trade of a stock of goods for land by retaking the goods, the retakers are liable only In nominal damages.
1957 Hammond (Louisiana) Times 19 Apr. a10/8 The total membership of a chapter enrolled to take the CPS examination in May, including..retakers.
1997 Observer (Nexis) 31 Aug. 8 Many A-level re-takers who achieved a C the first time round will now be looking for an A or B.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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