The word punter may refer to:

• Someone who uses a Punt (boat).
• A player in American football or Canadian football - see Punter (football position).
• The Punters, a traditional Newfoundland music group.
• A player in the game of Baccarat.
• Punter (protocol), a file-transfer protocol.
• In British English, a colloquialism for:

• a customer of a prostitute.

• a customer of any business, the usage being primarily found in London and Essex.
  • Ricky Ponting aka "Punter", Australian cricket legend.
• Christopher Ponton aka "Punter", famous Canberra, Australia socialite and basketball coach.

• In both British English and Australian English punter is also used as a colloquialism for a gambler, particularly an amateur betting on horse racing. Australians also use punting to mean gambling, whereas in British English punting means "boating in a punt".

• Punter also means a "dude" in Hindi. For example "Punter hai re ekdum", meaning "He is a cool dude".

See also

• Punt
• Australian and New Zealand punting glossary