BOUNDER

bounder, leaper

(noun) someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)

cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel

(noun) someone who is morally reprehensible; “you dirty dog”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bounder (plural bounders)

Something that bounds or jumps.

(UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.

A social climber.

That which limits; a boundary.

(UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet

Anagrams

• rebound, unbored, unrobed

Source: Wiktionary


Bound"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, limits; a boundary. Sir T. Herbert.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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