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QUITTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who gives up too easily
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("quitter" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quitter"):
abdicator (one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility)
dropout (someone who quits school before graduation)
apostate; deserter; ratter; recreant; renegade; turncoat (a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.)
Derivation:
quit (give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat)