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thinker

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[thing-ker] / ˈθɪŋ kər /

noun

  1. a person who thinks, think, as in a specified way or manner.

    a slow thinker.

  2. a person who has a well-developed faculty for thinking, think, as a philosopher, theorist, or scholar.

    the great thinkers.

Other Word Forms

  • nonthinker noun

Etymology

Origin of thinker

First recorded in 1400–50, thinker is from the late Middle English word thenkare. See think 1, -er 1

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