handshaker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of handshaker
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
Edwin Benjamin Reeser, head of Barnsdall Corp., a Tulsa independent oil company, president of the American Petroleum Institute, and a great handshaker, was ready to lead the oil industry into the conference.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like most Austrians he is a politely limp handshaker, but to hearty knuckle-grinders he can return a grip of steel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Normally, he was a handshaker, maybe a back-patter on really special occasions.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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