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bounder

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

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rounder

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??a?nd?(?)/
  • Rhymes: -a?nd?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English rounder, roundere, equivalent to round +? -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

rounder

  1. comparative form of round: more round

Etymology 2

From round +? -er (agent suffix).

Noun

rounder (plural rounders)

  1. A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
    • ?Mike Richards - "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee"
      My daddy was a rounder, he wore a rounder's hat and coat.
  2. A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
    • 1923, Traditional(Arr. Fiddlin' John Carson), Casey Jones
      Come all you rounders if you want to hear
      A story I'm a-tellin' on a brave engineer
      Casey Jones was this rounder's name
      On a six-eight wheeler boys he won his fame...
  3. A person who earns a living by playing cards
  4. A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
    • 2006, based on traditional, "Cocaine Habit", Old Crow Medicine Show
      Take a whiff on me
      Take a whiff on me
      All you rounders, take a whiff on me
      Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me
  5. One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
  6. A tool for making an edge or surface round.

Anagrams

  • Rednour, rondure, unorder

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