achiever
(əˈtʃiːvə(r))
Also 6–8 atchiever.
[f. achieve + -er1.]
a. One who achieves; an accomplisher, or winner.
| 1594 J. King Jonah (1864) 301 That notable achiever of the victories of God. 1599 Shakes. Much Ado i. i. 8 A victorie is twice it selfe, when the atchieuer brings home full numbers. 1661 S. Morgan Sph. Gentry iii. iv. 36 There was nothing which was gained by armes, but was born in armes and did carry a proportion to the Atchiever. 1860 Froude Hist. Eng. V. xxiv. 3 He saw..himself as the achiever of the triumph. |
b. One who is motivated and successful in the attainment of (educational) goals; also in extended use outside education. Cf. over-achiever, under-achiever.
| 1960 Jrnl. Educ. Res. Jan. 172/2 Achiever was defined as a student in the top or first quartile of his class. 1962 M. Argyle in Listener 11 Jan. 62/2 Higher standards and stronger demands were made by the parents of achievers. 1970 I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. i. 3 Those who study development..naturally tend to celebrate ‘achievers’ and denigrate ‘ascribers’. 1983 Fortune 2 May 292/2 Achievers constitute the second-largest contingent... They are ‘diverse, gifted, hard-working..people who have built {oqq}the system{cqq} and are now at the helm’. |