bounder
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom bound + -er. In the case of 2. below from the Hindi word "bandar" meaning a monkey, via Anglo-Indian.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Noun
editbounder (plural bounders)
- Something that bounds or jumps.
- (UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
- A social climber.
- That which limits; a boundary.
- 1638 Martin Fotherby (Iacob Blome: London) Atheomastix p.269:
- Let the mountaine Pyrenaeus diuide the French, and Spaniards: and the wildernesse of Sand the Aethiopians, from Aegyptians. And in like manner also be all other Kingdomes: they are bound within their bounders, as it were in bands; and shut-vp within their limits, as it were in prison.
- 1638 Martin Fotherby (Iacob Blome: London) Atheomastix p.269:
- (UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdishonourable man — see cad