recruiter

American  

[ri-kroo-ter] / rɪˈkru tər /

noun

• recruiters
  plural

1. someone who engages in finding, attracting, or enlisting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc..

   For all his failings as a head football coach, his predecessor had been an excellent recruiter, and many of his players were potential stars.

   If you are underage, a military recruiter will require your parents' permission before you can enlist.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• recruiters
  plural

Etymology

Origin of recruiter

recruit ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Explanation

A recruiter is someone whose job involves signing people up as members or hiring them for jobs. Sometimes company recruiters visit college campuses to talk to interested students. A recruiter for a large company might place advertisements for job openings and interview applicants, while a military recruiter works at an office where interested enlistees can sign up to join the armed services. If you work as a recruiter for your school's French club, it's your job to make the club look exciting and fun, and to sign up new members. The origin of recruiter can be traced back to the Latin crescere, "to grow."

Example Sentences

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recruiter recruiters

The same Spencer Stuart recruiter who brought Masino to Cracker Barrel was also retained to find her replacement, according to people familiar with the search.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“I’m a recruiter and I set a candidate up with a hiring manager and she took the Zoom interview from her bed,” said another, apparently horrified, commenter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Near Kitakami station, Noriyuki Takahashi, a 47-year-old recruiter, said work has been busy lately thanks to Kioxia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

But that job, which never materialized, was not going to be as a recruiter, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

The recruiter was packing the leaflets into a cardboard box; he didn’t look up.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Track has been critical in his speed development, something that attracts immediate attention from college recruiters when a good 100-meter time comes out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Something I’ve heard over and over again from recruiters is that AI is useful, but only if a person demonstrates they have good judgment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

One tool, she said, grades CVs from A to D, encouraging recruiters to prioritise higher-ranked candidates.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Raids in Penza by law-enforcement officials or recruiters have caught the attention of locals who have posted videos online in protest of the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Among Barney’s crew was Charles Ball, a young man from Maryland who had escaped his enslavement and told navy recruiters he was free.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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