different between voider vs voder

English

Etymology

void +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??d?(?)

Noun

voider (plural voiders)

1. One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates, or annuls.
2. A tray or basket formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc.
   • 1609, Thomas Dekker, Guls Horne-Booke

     Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voider.

   • 1656, History of Richard Hainam

     The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the cupboard's head.

3. (historical) A contrivance in armour for covering an unprotected part of the body.
4. (historical, rare) A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal.

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Anagrams

• devoir