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handshaker

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[hand-shey-ker] / ˈhændˌʃeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly.

    Politicians are often incurable handshakers.

Etymology

Origin of handshaker

First recorded in 1900–05; handshake + -er 1

Example Sentences

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But as an avid handshaker and something of an expert on the subject, I have to second the good doctor’s prescription.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020

He was not a reformer, he was not a handshaker, he was not a "glad-hander," he was not sensational in politics or in any other field.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although he is an effusive greeter, a vigorous handshaker and an. expert at the Indiana political massage,* he has a tendency toward bluntness.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the 1990s, taking his last laps as a handshaker, autograph signer and first-ball thrower, he demanded to be introduced as "baseball's greatest living ballplayer."

From Time Magazine Archive

Normally, he was a handshaker, maybe a back-patter on really special occasions.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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