pinder

See also: Pinder

English

Etymology 1

Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”).

Alternative forms

Noun

pinder (plural pinders)

  1. (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
  2. (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) +‎ -er.

Noun

pinder (plural pinders)

  1. (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

References
  • pinder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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