pinder
See also: Pinder
English
Etymology 1
Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”).
Alternative forms
- pindar, pinda
Noun
pinder (plural pinders)
- (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
- (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.
Etymology 2
From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.
Noun
pinder (plural pinders)
- (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
References
- pinder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Dneipr, Dniepr