thresholder
English
Etymology
threshold + -er
Noun
thresholder (plural thresholders)
- A person who occupies the threshold between places or statuses.
- 1995, Thomas Parkhill, The forest setting in Hindu epics: princes, sages, demons, page 187:
- The site of their transformation is the forest in which they dwell as thresholders in transition from one state of existence to another.
- 2007, Anne Grinyer, Young People Living With Cancer: Implications for Policy and Practice
- The term adopted by Apter (2001) for those aged 18–24 years is 'thresholders'. This is a highly descriptive and relevant way in which to interpret this life-stage.
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