different between hander vs bander

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hænd?(?)/
• Rhymes: -ænd?(r)

Etymology 1

hand (verb) +? -er

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
   • 1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici

     Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were
     The handers down, can they from thence infer
     A right t'interpret?

Translations

Etymology 2

hand (noun) +? -er

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. (in combinations) Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
2. (archaic, slang) A blow on the hand as punishment.
   • 1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report (page 507)

     I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Harden, Harned, Hendra, harden

English

Etymology

band +? -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

bander (plural banders)

1. (birdwatching) Someone who bands birds
2. A device for putting metal bands around crates.

Translations

Anagrams

• Barden, Bednar, Benard, Berdan, Braden, Brenda, Redban, barned

French

Etymology

From bande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.de/

Verb

bander

1. (transitive) to bandage
2. (transitive) to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten
3. (intransitive, slang) to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bander” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).