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noun

changer

CHAYND-zhuh
noun
1
A person or thing that changes or transforms something.
"The new policy was a real game changer for small businesses."
2
Historically, a person who exchanged money, such as a moneychanger.
"Merchants relied on the changer to convert foreign coins into local currency."

How to Use Changer

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomeone or something that brings about change, most familiar today in the phrase "game changer."

Common pairings
game changer money changer

Word Forms

changers plural

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Etymology

From Middle English chaungere, from change + the agent suffix -er.

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