Punter may refer to:
Personal roles
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Punter (card game)
The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), bridge, Hearts ...
, person who lays bets in a banking game
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Punter (gridiron football)
A punter in gridiron football is a special teams player who receives the snap (gridiron football), snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then Punt (gridiron football), punts (kicks) the football to the opposing team so as to limit ...
, a position in American and Canadian football
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punt (boat)
A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow (ship), bow, designed for use in small rivers and shallow water. Punting is boating in a punt; the punter propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole. Punts were originally ...
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Client (prostitution)
Clients of prostitutes or sex workers are sometimes known as ''johns'' or ''tricks'' in North America and ''punters'' in Britain and Ireland. In common parlance among sex workers as well as with others, the act of negotiating and then engaging with ...
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British English
British English is the set of Variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom, especially Great Britain. More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to ...
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Gambler
Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three ele ...
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Australian and New Zealand English and British English
People
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Punter (surname)
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Punter Humphreys
Edward Humphreys (24 August 1881 – 6 November 1949), known as Punter Humphreys, was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1899 and 1920. He played nearly 400 first-class matches ...
(1881–1949), English cricketer
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Ricky Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, ...
(born 1974), nicknamed Punter, Australian cricketer
Other uses
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Punter (protocol), a file-transfer protocol
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Punternet, an escort rating service
See also
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Punt (disambiguation)
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Punta (disambiguation)
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