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handshaker

[hand-shey-ker]

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noun

a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.

Origin of handshaker

First recorded in 1900–05; handshake + -er¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for handshaker

lawmaker, senator, leader, legislator, officeholder, groupie, lackey, applicant, competitor, nominee, contender, contestant, aspirant, successor, bidder, partisan, boss, speaker, orator, president

Examples from the Web for handshaker

Historical Examples of handshaker

He was the politician of the concern, the handshaker, the guider of its policy.
The "Genius"
Theodore Dreiser
He certainly was a glad-hand artist, which is what a bank president has to be today—he's got to be a speaker and a handshaker.
The Man Next Door
Emerson Hough