returner

English

Etymology

return +‎ -er

Noun

returner (plural returners)

  1. One who returns from another place.
    • 2002, Nilda Flores-González, School Kids/Street Kids‎, →ISBN, page 145:
      Returning to school is fairly simple, but remaining there proves to be a challenge for the returners.
  2. One who returns something, such as defective goods.
    • 2016, Robert Bly, The Marketing Dictionary for the 21st Century
      For instance, some merchants suppress the names of “serial returners”; basically, customers who repeatedly buy products that they quickly return after using them once.
  3. (American football) A player who runs back a ball which has been punted or kicked

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Verb

returner

  1. imperative of returnere

Old French

Verb

returner

  1. Alternative form of retorner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of returner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive returner estre returné
gerund en returnant Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle
present participle returnant
past participle returné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present return returnes returne returnons returnez returnent
imperfect returnoie, returneie, returnoe, returneve returnoies, returneies, returnoes, returneves returnoit, returneit, returnot, returneve returniiens, returniens returniiez, returniez returnoient, returneient, returnoent, returnevent
preterite returnai returnas returna returnames returnastes returnerent
future returnerai returneras returnera returnerons returneroiz, returnereiz, returnerez returneront
conditional returneroie, returnereie returneroies, returnereies returneroit, returnereit returneriiens, returneriens returneriiez, returneriez returneroient, returnereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of estre followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present return returz returt returnons returnez returnent
imperfect returnasse returnasses returnast returnissons, returnissiens returnissoiz, returnissez, returnissiez returnassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— returne — returnons returnez —

Romansch

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from Latin re- + tornō, tornāre (“turn”), from tornus (“lathe”).

Verb

returner

  1. (Puter) to return, give back

Synonyms
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