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bounder

noun

Etymology

From bound + -er. Sense 2 poss. from bandar, borrowed from Hindi बन्दर (bandar, “monkey”), via Indian English.

  1. borrowed from बन्दर — “monkey”

Definitions

  1. Something that bounds or jumps.

  2. A dishonourable man

    A dishonourable man; a cad.

    • He marvelled anew that Ruth could have cared, as she certainly had, for this fellow. A bounder, and worse than a bounder.

  3. A social climber.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. That which limits

      That which limits; a boundary.

    2. A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet.

The neighborhood

Derived

bounderish, bounderism, boundling

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA