different between hander vs lander

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

land +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [?lænd?]
• (General American) IPA^(key): [?lænd?]
• Hyphenation: land?er
• Rhymes: -ænd?(?)

Noun

lander (plural landers)

1. One who lands, or who lands something.
   • 1997, Northern Scotland (volumes 17-18, page 94)

     The Faroese have been important landers of fish at Aberdeen for decades.

2. A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
3. (mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
4. (slang) An illegal immigrant.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ladner, Larned, Lenard, Nadler, Randel, Randle, aldern, darnel, enlard, larned, learn'd, learnd, reland

Danish

Verb

lander

1. present of lande

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lander

1. present of lande