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dispender

dispender noun: a steward or treasurer.

Noun

dispender (plural dispenders)

  1. (Early, Modern, obsolete) A steward or treasurer.
    • He was so greatly beloued of al sorts of people for his gentlenes, affability & liberality, as many men liuing, but more at their death (especially Cleargy men) would put their goods & children into his hands; the one assuring themselues of a faithfull keeper, the other of a discréete and...1601, Francis Godwin, The Succession of the Bishops of England […], published 1625, page 561

Forms of dispender

pluraldispenders

Origin of dispender

Inherited from Middle English dispendour, from Old French despendour. By surface analysis, dispend (“distribute, dispense”) + -er. Doublet of dispenser and spencer.

Questions about dispender

What does dispender mean?
Dispender means a steward or treasurer.
What part of speech is dispender?
Dispender is a noun.
What is the plural of dispender?
The plural of dispender is dispenders.

Words near dispender in the dictionary

  1. dispenced
  2. dispences
  3. dispencing
  4. dispend
  5. dispended
  6. dispender
  7. dispenders
  8. dispending
  9. dispendious
  10. dispends
  11. dispensabilities

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