(football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
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someone who bets
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Punter \Punt"er\, n. [Cf. F. ponte. See {Punt}, v. t.] One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. --Hoyle.
Punter \Punt"er\, n. One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
Punter \Punt"er\, n. (London Stock Exchange) A scalper. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
'But we thought it was wrong to offer discounts to the one-off punter when we were not offering them to our most valued long-standing customers,' Mr Holland said.
All jolly embarrassing. In a bid to tickle the palates of a better class of punter, this time round the organisers are offering a case of White Burgundy - 1992 Meursault.
Supertravel's Susan Birkin admits that sending promotional bumf via Moscow doesn't save any money but she thinks it a 'super' marketing tool. A Moscow postmark might just prevent a punter binning an unopened promotional circular.