different between hander vs zander

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?

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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

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• sandre (dated)

Etymology

From German Zander, from German Low German Zander, Sandat, perhaps of Slavic origin.

Noun

zander (plural zanders or zander)

1. A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
2. Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.

Synonyms

• (Sander lucioperca): sandari, sander, sandre, sannat, schill, zant
• (fish of the genus Sander): pike-perch

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