returner

English

Etymology

From return + -er.

Noun

returner (plural returners)

1. One who returns from another place.

   Synonym: returnee

   • 2002, Nilda Flores-González, School Kids/Street Kids‎^[1], →ISBN, page 145:

     Returning to school is fairly simple, but remaining there proves to be a challenge for the returners.

2. One who returns something, such as defective goods.

   Synonym: returnee

   • 2016, Robert Bly, The Marketing Dictionary for the 21st Century:

     For instance, some merchants suppress the names of “serial returners”; basically, customers who repeatedly buy products that they quickly return after using them once.

3. (American football) A player who runs back a ball which has been punted or kicked

Derived terms

• kickoff returner
• kick returner
• nonreturner
• punt returner

Translations

American football

• German: Returner (de) m

Anagrams

• rereturn

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

returner

1. imperative of returnere

Old French

Verb

returner

1. alternative form of retorner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of returner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		returner			estre returné
gerund		en returnant			gerund of estre + past participle
present participle		returnant
past participle		returné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	return	returnes	returne	returnons	returnez	returnent
	imperfect	returnoie, returneie, returnoe, returneve	returnoies, returneies, returnoes, returneves	returnoit, returneit, returnot, returneve	returniiens, returniens	returniiez, returniez	returnoient, returneient, returnoent, returnevent
	preterite	returnai	returnas	returna	returnames	returnastes	returnerent
	future	returnerai	returneras	returnera	returnerons	returneroiz, returnereiz, returnerez	returneront
	conditional	returneroie, returnereie	returneroies, returnereies	returneroit, returnereit	returneriiens, returneriens	returneriiez, returneriez	returneroient, returnereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of estre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of estre + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of estre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of estre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	return	returz	returt	returnons	returnez	returnent
	imperfect	returnasse	returnasses	returnast	returnissons, returnissiens	returnissoiz, returnissez, returnissiez	returnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	returne	—	returnons	returnez	—

Romansh

Alternative forms

• returnar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• retuornar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from Latin re- + tornō, tornāre (“turn”), from tornus (“lathe”).

Verb

returner

1. (Puter) to return, give back

Synonyms

• der inavous
• render
• restituir