borrower

noun
/ˈbɔɹəʊə/UK/ˈbɑɹoʊɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English borower, borewer, borwere, equivalent to borrow + -er (agent suffix).

  1. inherited from borower

Definitions

  1. One who borrows.

    • a library borrower’s card
    • But if other negative factors are operating simultaneously, or if the borrower's financial status is weak to start with, then one extra adverse development is more likely to affect returns on the loan.
    • This term became popular from the late 1960s onwards, languages being neatly divided between borrowers and calquers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for borrower. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA