compounder
/kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)/
compounder noun: a person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result).
Noun
compounder (plural compounders)
- A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
- a compounder of medicines
- One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
- Compounders in politics.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC
- One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
- Religious houses made compounders / For the horrid actions of their founders.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...
- One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
- The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore.1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses
- A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
compounder meaning in Tamil and Kannada
compounder in Tamil
- மருந்து கலப்பவர், மருந்துகலப்பவர்
compounder in Kannada
- ಮದ್ದುಕಲಪುಗ
Forms of compounder
| plural | compounders |
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Origin of compounder
From compound + -er.
Words formed from compounder
Questions about compounder
- What does compounder mean?
- Compounder means a person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result).
- What is compounder in Tamil?
- Compounder in Tamil is மருந்து கலப்பவர், மருந்துகலப்பவர். See Compounder meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is compounder?
- Compounder is a noun.
- How do you pronounce compounder?
- Compounder is pronounced /kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of compounder?
- The plural of compounder is compounders.
Words near compounder in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: compounder (page history and authors); compounder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compounder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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