forder
UK/ˈfɔːdə/US/ˈfɔɹdɚ/
forder noun: one who fords (a stream, river, etc.).
Noun
forder (plural forders)
- One who fords (a stream, river, etc.)
- Hundreds of snakes had sought refuge in it, and as many of them remained under water, the forders were not able to see them until they almost came in contact with the reptiles.1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VII...
- Re-enter this as the adult of solitude,
The silence-forder and the definite
Presence you sensed withdrawing first time round.1991, Seamus Heaney, Seeing Things, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, Part II, Settings xiii, p. 67
Proper noun capitalized: Forder
Forder
Forms of forder
| plural | forders |
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Origin of forder
From ford + -er.
Words that rhyme with forder
- order
- boarder
- border
- disorder
- recorder
- warder
- global order
- hoarder
- major depressive disorder
- nature-deficit disorder
- payment order
- shortboarder
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Questions about forder
- What does forder mean?
- Forder means one who fords (a stream, river, etc.).
- What part of speech is forder?
- Forder can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce forder?
- Forder is pronounced /ˈfɔːdə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of forder?
- The plural of forder is forders.
Words near forder in the dictionary
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