Word.ws English Dictionary

hander

/ˈhændə(ɹ)/

hander noun: one who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession.

Noun (1)

hander (plural handers)

  1. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
    • Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were
      The handers down, can they from thence infer
      A right t'interpret?[1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Noun (2)

hander (plural handers)

  1. Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
    • Two-handers generally do not transition to the net as quickly or as often as one-handers. This, to me, however, is just a coaching failure rather than a technical limitation.2010, Chris Lewit, Tennis Technique Bible, volume One
  2. (dated, slang) A blow on the hand as punishment.
    • I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report, page 507

hander meaning in Urdu

hander in Urdu

دینے والا, ہاتھ پر پٹائی, جو دے

Forms of hander

pluralhanders

Plural of hander: handers

Origin of hander

From hand (verb) + -er.

From hand (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

Words formed from hander

Phrases with hander

Words that rhyme with hander

Questions about hander

What does hander mean?
Hander means one who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession.
What is hander in Urdu?
Hander in Urdu is دینے والا, ہاتھ پر پٹائی, جو دے. See Hander meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is hander?
Hander is a noun.
How do you pronounce hander?
Hander is pronounced /ˈhændə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of hander?
The plural of hander is handers.

Words near hander in the dictionary

  1. handedst
  2. handegg
  3. handeggs
  4. Handel
  5. Handelian
  6. hander
  7. hander-in
  8. handers
  9. handers-in
  10. handes
  11. handest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hander (page history and authors); hander (Urdu 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hander.wav.

Cite this entry: “hander.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hander. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.