WITHDRAWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does withdrawer mean? 

• WITHDRAWER (noun)
  The noun WITHDRAWER has 6 senses:

1. an authority who withdraws permission

2. an individualist who withdraws from social interaction

3. a drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics

4. a contestant who withdraws from competition

5. a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled

6. a depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited

  Familiarity information: WITHDRAWER used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITHDRAWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An authority who withdraws permission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("withdrawer" is a kind of...):

authority ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An individualist who withdraws from social interaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("withdrawer" is a kind of...):

individualist (a person who pursues independent thought or action)

Derivation:

withdraw (keep away from others)

withdraw (lose interest)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("withdrawer" is a kind of...):

drug addict; junkie; junky (a narcotics addict)

Derivation:

withdraw (release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A contestant who withdraws from competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("withdrawer" is a kind of...):

contestant (a person who participates in competitions)

Derivation:

withdraw (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("withdrawer" is a kind of...):

educatee; pupil; student (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)

Derivation:

withdraw (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("withdrawer" is a kind of...):

depositor (a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution)

Derivation:

withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))