returner

One who returns from another place.

Noun

  1. One who returns from another place.
    • Returning to school is fairly simple, but remaining there proves to be a challenge for the returners. - 2002, Nilda Flores-González, School Kids/Street Kids, →ISBN, page 145:

    Synonyms: returnee

  2. One who returns something, such as defective goods.
    • For instance, some merchants suppress the names of “serial returners”; basically, customers who repeatedly buy products that they quickly return after using them once. - 2016, Robert Bly, The Marketing Dictionary for...

    Synonyms: returnee

  3. A player who runs back a ball which has been punted or kicked

Origin

Etymology tree English return English -er English returner From return + -er.

Forms

returners

Derived

kickoff returner kick returner nonreturner punt returner