"risktaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: risktakers [plural]
Etymology: From risk + taker. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|risk|taker}} risk + taker Head templates: {{en-noun}} risktaker (plural risktakers)
  1. A person who takes risk, especially to reap the benefits if the feared event is survived, or it does not happen. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: risk-taker, risk taker Translations (a person who takes risk, especially to reap the benefits if the feared event is survived, or it does not happen): risqueur [masculine] (French), സാഹസികൻ (sāhasikaṉ) (Malayalam), waewae kai kapua (Maori), ryzykant [masculine] (Polish), ryzykantka [feminine] (Polish), risktagare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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