1A person who takes someone or something in, in various senses.

2Specifically. A person who carries out or is involved in an act of deception; a trickster, a swindler.

3Stock Market. A broker who takes in stocks or shares. Compare "taker". Now disused.

4In a carding machine: a cylinder which receives the cotton, wool, etc., from the feed rollers and passes it on to the main cylinder.