different between bounder vs bounden

English

Alternative forms

• boundure

Etymology

From bound +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd?(?)

Noun

bounder (plural bounders)

1. Something that bounds or jumps.
2. (Britain, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
3. A social climber.
4. That which limits; a boundary.
   • 1638 Martin Fotherby (Iacob Blome: London) Atheomastix p.269:

     Let the mountaine Pyrenaeus diuide the French, and Spaniards: and the wildernesse of Sand the Aethiopians, from Aegyptians. And in like manner also be all other Kingdomes: they are bound within their bounders, as it were in bands; and shut-vp within their limits, as it were in prison.

5. (Britain, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet

Translations

Anagrams

• rebound, unbored, unrobed

English

Etymology

bound +? -en, the archaic past participle of bind.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ba?nd(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ba?nd?n/
• Hyphenation: bound?en

Adjective

bounden (comparative more bounden, superlative most bounden)

1. (dated) Now chiefly in the term bounden duty: made obligatory; binding.
2. (obsolete) Bound.

Derived terms

• boundenly

Translations

Verb

bounden

1. (transitive, archaic, rare) past participle of bind.

   Synonyms: bound, (obsolete) ybounden

   Antonym: (archaic, rare) unbounden

   1. (intransitive, archaic, specifically) To be obliged; to be under a duty or obligation (to do something).

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References

Anagrams

• unboned