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happener

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who participates in a happening.
  • A person who makes things happen.
  • * 1998 , Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker , page 118,
  • Goodparley says, 'O no and in deed he aint hes bettern clevver hes a mover hes a happener . '
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, title=hate crimes, group=soc.singles.moderated, date=November 2, year=1998, passage=How does (to take an extreme example) me saying to myself that somebody deserves what happens give any support to the happener ?
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  • * 2009 , Jan Doke, Broken Jar , page 167,
  • Just as we who believe in God know that there can be no creation without a Creator, we also know that whenever something happens, there is always a happener .
  • A person to whom things happen.
  • * 1984 , Rex Burns, Strip Search: A Gabe Wager Mystery , page 23,
  • "No way! He's not one of these people that do things. There's two kinds of people—the doers and the happeners'. He's a ' happener . You know, things happen to him instead."
  • (often used in the negative) An event that is expected to happen; a plan that is likely to succeed.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, title=AGP Zero Tolerance Policy?, group=alt.gothic.pretentions, date=November 21, year=1999, passage=The planned access via Netizen appears not to be a happener .
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  • See also

    * (Happening)

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