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the word you use when you don't know anyone's name yet.
means Someone who takes part in an activity or event, often one of many whose individual identity isn't the focus.
from From Latin participare, 'to share in' or 'take part' — itself built from pars (part) and capere (to take). So a participant is, at root, simply 'one who takes a part,' a cousin of words like 'capture' and 'capable,' all descended from that same grasping verb capere.
- study jargon
- makes humans sound like lab variables
- legal cousin
- used to dodge saying employee or victim
- etymology
- from latin for taking a part, not just showing up
- trophy era
- birthed the participation trophy, mankind's gentlest insult