English

Etymology
From open + -er.

Pronunciation
IPA|/���p�n�/

Noun
en-noun

1. A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
2. card games The player who starts the betting.
3. card games (in plural openers) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
4. theater The first act in a variety show.
5. cricket A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
6. colloquial The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.

Translations
trans-top|device that opens something
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tin-/can-opener
See tin-opener/can-opener

bottle-opener
See bottle opener

trans-top|player who starts the betting
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|openers: cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting
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trans-bottom

trans-top|first act in a variety show
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trans-bottom

trans-top|batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings
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Derived terms
for openers

fa:opener
io:opener
it:opener
ru:opener
vi:opener
zh:opener

• 2007-06-16 16:37 - AutoFormat - -(''card games'') +{{card games}}, -(''card games'') +{{card games}}, -(''theatre'') +{{theater}}, -(''colloquial'') +{{colloquial}}, -{{top}} +{{trans-top|device that opens something}}, -{{top}} +{{trans-top|player who starts the betting}}, -{{top}}

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