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chancer

noun
/ˈtʃɑːn.sə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From chance + -er.

  1. derived from cadere — “to fall, to die, to happen, occur”
  2. derived from *cadentia✻ — “falling”
  3. derived from cheance — “accident, chance, luck”
  4. inherited from chance
  5. suffixed as chancer — “chance + er”

Definitions

  1. A scheming opportunist.

    • Actually, that's exactly what O'Dowd is doing in Get Shorty, presenting a taciturn thug with chewed up charm, a chancer pitching a movie in Hollywood.
    • From then on, Emin became fixed in many minds as the drunken chancer who boasted about her promiscuity and called it art.

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