punter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who propels a boat with a pole
noun (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
noun someone who bets

From punt + -er.

She was at home with everybody in the place, pedlars, punters, tumblers, students and all. — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
Up he would march to the head of the punt, plant his pole, and then run along right to the other end, just like an old punter. — Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog), Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The company was occupied in playing faro; a dozen melancholy punters held each in his hand a little pack of cards; a bad record of his misfortunes. — Candide, Voltaire

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