different between roundel vs rounder

English

Alternative forms

• roundle (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round and flat”), a diminutive of rond (“round”). More at round.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?n.d?l/

Noun

roundel (plural roundels)

1. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
2. (music) A roundelay or rondelay.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II, line 1:

     Come, now a roundel and a fairy song ... Fairies sing.

   • songen al the roundel lustily.

3. A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 26:

     The roundel or rondache derived its name from its circular figure, it was made of oziers boards of light wood, sinews or ropes, covered with leather, plates of metal, or stuck full of nails in concentric circles or other figures.

4. (heraldry) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
5. (aviation) a circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.

   Synonym: cockade

6. A bastion of a circular form.

Translations

Anagrams

• lounder, roundle, ruled on

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