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YEARNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yearner mean?
• YEARNER (noun)
The noun YEARNER has 1 sense:
1. a person with a strong desire for something
Familiarity information: YEARNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person with a strong desire for something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Context example:
a yearner for knowledge
Hypernyms ("yearner" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
yearn (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)
yearn (desire strongly or persistently)
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