dater
Americannoun
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a person who goes on dates or uses a dating app.
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a person or thing that assigns or affixes a date to something.
Example Sentences
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So if you’re an avid online dater, be extra careful of these types of deceptions.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025
"Whether you're a serial app dater or you only meet people in person, we sort of track through all those different sub-cultures".
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
She’s a serial dater, but she hasn’t yet got married.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2024
Novak stars as Ben, a Manhattan journalist and serial dater who flies to Nowheresville, Texas, for the funeral of a woman he was seeing.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Yr. fathfull dater, Lydia Worthen It seemed extravagant to take another sheet to write to Charlie, but Diana had said that she ought to write to him as well.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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