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happener

noun

Etymology

From happen + -er.

  1. derived from *hampijaną✻ — “to fit in, be fitting”
  2. derived from *happa✻
  3. inherited from hæppan — “to move accidentally, slip”
  4. derived from happen — “to come to pass, happen”
  5. inherited from happenen
  6. suffixed as happener — “happen + er”

Definitions

  1. One who participates in a happening.

  2. A person who makes things happen.

    • Goodparley says, 'O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener. […]'
    • How does (to take an extreme example) me saying to myself that somebody deserves what happens give any support to the happener?
    • Just as we who believe in God know that there can be no creation without a Creator, we also know that whenever something happens, there is always a happener.

  3. A person to whom things happen.

    • "No way! He's not one of these people that do things. There's two kinds of people—the doers and the happeners. He's a happener. You know, things happen to him instead."
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An event that is expected to happen

      An event that is expected to happen; a plan that is likely to succeed.

      • The planned access via Netizen appears not to be a happener.
      • It's a happener. All systems are go.
      • You should be able to get your passport renewed at the embassy in London. If that's not a happener, try to get a temporary passport.

The neighborhood

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