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handshaker
[ hand-shey-ker ]
/ ˈhændˌʃeɪ kər /
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noun
a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.
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How to use handshaker in a sentence
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 HoughHe was the politician of the concern, the handshaker, the guider of its policy.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser