LANDER

lander

(noun) a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet

Lander

(noun) a town in central Wyoming

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lander (plural landers)

One who lands, or who lands something.

A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.

(mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

(slang) An illegal immigrant.

Anagrams

• Ladner, Larned, Lenard, Nadler, Randel, Randle, aldern, darnel, enlard, larned, learn'd, learnd, reland

Proper noun

Lander

A surname.

A small unincorporated community in Pennsylvania

A city, the county seat of Fremont County, Wyoming.

A municipality of Venezuela

Anagrams

• Ladner, Larned, Lenard, Nadler, Randel, Randle, aldern, darnel, enlard, larned, learn'd, learnd, reland

Source: Wiktionary


Land"er, n.

1. One who lands, or makes a landing. "The lander in a lonely isle." Tennyson.

2. (Mining)

Definition: A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 December 2024

OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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