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dispenders

dispenders is the plural of dispender.

Meaning of dispender

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

Questions about dispenders

What is dispenders the plural of?
Dispenders is the plural of dispender.

Words near dispenders in the dictionary

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

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