joiner

[ joi-ner ]

noun

1. a person or thing that joins.
2. a carpenter, especially one who constructs doors, window sashes, paneling, and other permanent woodwork.
3. a person who belongs to many clubs, associations, societies, etc., often from indiscriminate enthusiasm, for increased status, to make business or social contacts, or the like.

joiner

/ ˈdʒɔɪnə /

noun

1. a person trained and skilled in making finished woodwork, such as windows, doors, and stairs
2. a person or thing that joins
3. informal.
   a person who joins many clubs, causes, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of joiner¹

1350–1400; join + -er ¹; replacing Middle English joinour < Anglo-French joignour, equivalent to joign- ( join ) + -our -or ²

Example Sentences

“Joan was in a sorority in high school; she was a joiner. Eve was the outcast.”

From Los Angeles Times

After leaving school, he spent three years working as a joiner but would still take his bike to the skatepark and practice, with a career as a professional BMX rider his true ambition.

From BBC

The problem is “not new but it is overlooked — regularly overlooked,” said Thomas Joiner, a Florida State University psychologist who studies suicide and has written about the mental health of older men.

From Los Angeles Times

Joiner said men tend to suffer from worsening loneliness over the course of their lives in a way that differs from women, with “friendship networks falling apart over the decades.”

From Los Angeles Times

He’s a performer, a joiner, coming out from behind his desk as often as possible.

From Los Angeles Times

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