better/bettor:
(plural: ‘betters‘)
A person who takes or accepts a bet from a bettor is a ‘taker’.
a better/bettor at a gambling table
a person who bets (who puts/places money on some gambling game — on a number, a player in a context, a horse in a race, a team in a match, etc.); a wagerer,
a horse better/bettor
Sue is such a rash better/bettor that most often she loses huge amounts of money.
At a horse race, every better/bettor is confident that the horse he/she bets on is going to win and believes that he/she is going to go home with lots and lots of money, but unfortunately nine times out of ten, he/she goes back home broke!
“Better”, as a noun, is also used for a superior person in intelligence, and also for something that is greater or higher in quality than the other. In this sense, the other spelling ‘bettor’ is not accepted.
“Better” is less commonly used as a verb, e.g. “He bettered his behaviour by reading books.” which means that he improved his behaviour … In this sense, too, the other spelling ‘bettor’ is not accepted.
Clarification:
If you want to be a better better, you’d better ask some betters so that you can better your betting strategy.
1. the first ‘better’ is an adjective qualifying a noun ‘better’
2. the second ‘better’ is a noun, a person who bets in a gambling game — the other spelling ‘bettor’ is accepted
3. the third ‘better’ is an adverb ” you had better go” = ‘you should go’
4. the fourth ‘better’, in its plural form ‘betters‘, is a noun — a more qualified or intelligent person
5. the fifth ‘better’ is a verb — ‘can better’ = ‘can improve’ or ‘can make a good decision’!
