different between hander vs hanker

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

With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hank?n?, an iterative to *hanhan? (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)

Verb

hanker (third-person singular simple present hankers, present participle hankering, simple past and past participle hankered)

1. To crave, want or desire.

   If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.

   • 2012, The Economist, 13 Oct 2012, Butlers: Very good, sir

     [...] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.

Usage notes

• Usually used with for, as in the example above; after may also be used.

Translations

Anagrams

• harken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hanker m or f

1. indefinite plural of hank

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hankar

Noun

hanker m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of hank