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wedder

noun

Etymology

From wed + -er.

  1. derived from *wedʰ-✻ — “to pledge”
  2. inherited from *wadjōną✻ — “to pledge”
  3. inherited from *waddjōn✻
  4. inherited from weddian
  5. inherited from wedden
  6. suffixed as wedder — “wed + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who marries.

    • The wedder of the heiress! is his lot all bliss when he has made the grand coup, and married for money after a long career of debts, difiiculties, and dishonoured bills? I think not; […]

  2. Alternative form of wether (“castrated buck goat or ram”).

    • They then retreated to an out-house, took a wedder from the fold, killed it, and supped off the carcass, for which (it is said) they offered payment to the proprietor.

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