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recruiter

/ɹɪˈkɹuːtə/rih-KROO-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɹɪˈkɹutɚ/rih-KROO-tur

Meaningone who recruits

Common meaning: a person who enlists new members

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‘again’ + ‘to grow, get bigger’ → recruiter

Journey through time

  1. Latincrēscō, crēvī, crētum‘to grow, get bigger’
  2. Frenchrecruter
  3. Old Frenchrecroistsource
  4. Englishrecruit‘to enlist new members’
  5. Englishformed in English from recruitrecruiter‘a person who enlists new members’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from recruit + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RECRUIT, p.496 · scan

Roots

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