risker

English

Etymology

risk +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪskə(ɹ)/

Noun

risker (plural riskers)

1. One who risks or hazards something.
   • 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:

     And hither came t'observe and smoke
     What courses other riskers took

References

“risker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Kriers, Rikers

Swedish

Noun

risker

1. indefinite plural of risk

Anagrams

• kriser