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.
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One dater exploring an open relationship found themselves blocked on LinkedIn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
So if you’re an avid online dater, be extra careful of these types of deceptions.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025
"In the last couple of years the media have had a wonderful fixation on painting me as the psycho serial dater girl," she told the Grammy Museum.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
One woman, a confident and experienced dater, whispered that she had forgotten how to strike up a conversation with a stranger.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
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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