Definition of handshaker
1
: one that makes capital of shaking hands or showing extreme politic friendliness
money raisers, speechmakers, handshakers, and official greeters— H. S. Commager
2
: one that is usually naïvely fond of meeting people
a natural handshaker in the good sense of that abused word— S. H. Adams
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“Handshaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handshaker. Accessed 24 Sep. 2021.
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