joiner
Americannoun
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a person or thing that joins.
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a carpenter, especially one who constructs doors, window sashes, paneling, and other permanent woodwork.
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a person who belongs to many clubs, associations, societies, etc., often from indiscriminate enthusiasm, for increased status, to make business or social contacts, or the like.
noun
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a person trained and skilled in making finished woodwork, such as windows, doors, and stairs
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a person or thing that joins
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informal a person who joins many clubs, causes, etc
Etymology
Origin of joiner
1350–1400; join + -er 1; replacing Middle English joinour < Anglo-French joignour, equivalent to joign- ( join ) + -our -or 2
Vocabulary lists containing joiner
Example Sentences
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“Fraud requires the borrower to be aware that the borrower was making a false representation,” said Jon Goodman, an attorney focused on real estate at Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025
Joiner Mike North, from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, also earns extra cash from the connection people feel to games.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
The problem is “not new but it is overlooked — regularly overlooked,” said Thomas Joiner, a Florida State University psychologist who studies suicide and has written about the mental health of older men.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
“It’s here to stay,” said Harvey Joiner, 17, a junior at Maynard H. Jackson High School in Atlanta, referring to the digital format.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2024
Better Joe hath suggested some specific remedies, which Isaac the Joiner decries loudly as the cant of heathenish superstition; and indeed, one wonders at the applications of bone.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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