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deeder

deeder noun: one who establishes or executes a legal deed.

Noun

deeder (plural deeders)

  1. One who establishes or executes a legal deed.
    • At the same time appellee rescinded the sale of the land and surrendered the notes to Skains and leased the land to him for the benefit of the joint deeders.1892, Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Texas
    • It would give the deeders and their heirs an opportunity to reclaim and recover the property, should they desire to do so, and as Crescent Park is an exceptionally valuable piece of property to the City at this time, […]1912, Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Schenectady
  2. (nonstandard) One who commits a deed or action; a doer or perpetrator.
    • A spongy silence, wet and cold,
      Hung all about the room,
      And no one volunteered to lead
      The deeder to his doom.1914, Steam Machinery: A Magazine of Men, Machinery and Methods
    • What was left of Old Tom's once mighty machine, now run with little enthusiasm by his nephew Jim, had taken its fifth straight election beating from the town's "good deeders."1948, Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce, Time, volume 51, page 25

Examples of deeder in a sentence

  • This victimization, however, was an individual result of imbalances in the education and experience of the deeders and their beneficiaries.2009, Julie Lavonne Novkov, Racial Union, page 223:
  • She was seventeen; he, the deeder, was someone named Jonah, Oh, Jonah, was older, twenty-four, twenty-five, thirty-five, fifty-five, something like that.2018, Jesse Miller, Unwrap Your Candy:

Forms of deeder

pluraldeeders

Origin of deeder

From deed + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Däider (“perpetrator”), West Frisian dieder (“perpetrator”), Dutch dader (“doer, perpetrator”), German Täter (“perpetrator, culprit”).

Questions about deeder

What does deeder mean?
Deeder means one who establishes or executes a legal deed.
How do you use deeder in a sentence?
This victimization, however, was an individual result of imbalances in the education and experience of the deeders and their beneficiaries.
What part of speech is deeder?
Deeder is a noun.
What is the plural of deeder?
The plural of deeder is deeders.

Words near deeder in the dictionary

  1. deedable
  2. deedbox
  3. deedboxes
  4. deede
  5. deeded
  6. deeder
  7. deeders
  8. deedes
  9. deedful
  10. deedfully
  11. deedholder

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