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keener

British  
/ ˈkiːnə /

noun

  1. informal a person, esp a student, who is keen, enthusiastic, or zealous

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Dior designer Jonathan Anderson appeared keener than most to take some risks.

From Barron's

The role was seen as an essential one at each wake, she explained, as it was the keener‘s job to see the soul safely over to “the other side”.

From BBC

The magic is unique and often biological—many characters have mental or physical enhancements that give them perfect memory or keener senses.

From The Wall Street Journal

The children, whose nighttime vision was evidently far keener than her own, seemed to be busy arranging something at her feet.

From Literature

It's not hard to imagine which one the family of the time was keener to remember.

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