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yielder

noun

Etymology

From Middle English yeldere, ȝelder, ȝeldere, continuing (with change of suffix) Old English ġylda, ġilda (“one who pays, yielder”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldō (“payer”). Equivalent to yield + -er.

  1. derived from *geldō✻ — “payer”
  2. derived from ġylda
  3. inherited from yeldere

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that yields a crop or other product.

    • Just as with the Irish potato, it is important to know how good a yielder you are planting.
    • This variety is a very heavy yielder, has good drought-resistant qualities, and withstands wind and weather so well that it may be said to be storm-proof.

  2. Someone or something that yields, or gives way.

    • Their sense thus weak, lost with their fears thus strong, Made senseless things begin to do them wrong; For briers and thorns at their apparel snatch; Some sleeves, some hats, from yielders all things catch.
    • I am a modest man, sir, and hesitate to talk about myself even among friends; but since you all insist, there is nothing for me to do but yield as gracefully as I may--and as a yielder I glitter in the front rank.

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