changer

[cheyn-jer]

noun

1. a person or thing that changes something.

2. record changer.

3. Obsolete.,  a moneychanger.

Other Word Forms

• transchanger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of changer¹

1350–1400; Middle English. See change, -er ¹

Example Sentences

To many it seemed, as President Franklin Roosevelt said in 1933 during his first inaugural address, that “the money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization.”

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Anas, a money changer in Takhar province, says his business has faced "enormous problems" since the internet shutdown, saying that much of his work depends on the internet.

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"It was my friend who recommended it - she said it was a game changer."

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It was when they shot the second episode, “Diversity Day,” that Nuñez felt the show could be a game changer.

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"Our teaching bursary scheme offers a payment to career changers undertaking graduate teacher training in hard-to-fill subjects, including computing science."

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