buncher

noun

Etymology

From bunch + -er.

  1. derived from bond
  2. derived from bondje
  3. derived from bonge
  4. derived from *bʰenǵʰ-
  5. inherited from *bunkō
  6. inherited from bunche
  7. suffixed as buncher — “bunch + er

Definitions

  1. A person who bunches.

    • Often a buncher might come in a little early to have some work ready when rollers arrived.[…]If a buncher ran short of tobacco, the rollers got more for her.
  2. Something that bunches or causes to bunch.

    • Stranded copper wire and cable are made on machines known as bunchers or stranders. Conventional bunchers are used for stranding small diameter wires (34 to 10 AWG).
  3. An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets…

    An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their…

      A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.

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