punter

punter

noun, chiefly British

Definition of PUNTER

1

a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business <an East End prostitute who claimed that many of her punters were from the upper echelons of London society>

Synonyms account, client, guest, patron, punter [chiefly British]

Related Words consumer, end user, user; buyer, correspondent, purchaser, vendee; browser, prospect, shopper, window-shopper; bargainer, haggler; regular

Near Antonyms broker, merchant, seller, vendor (also vender); shopkeeper, tradesman; black marketer (or black marketeer), fence

2

one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event) <the huge amount of money that punters in Britain put on football matches>

Synonyms gambler, gamester, punter [chiefly British], wagerer

Related Words high roller, piker; dicer; bluffer, punger, sharper, speculator; bookmaker, handicapper, oddsmaker, tipster