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handers

handers is the plural of hander.

Meaning of hander

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

Proper noun capitalized: Handers

Handers

  1. (slang) The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.
    • Me listening to any song: Wow I can't believe this artist too ships handers, and decided to write a song about it, what an amazing world2015 September 27, deneb (@v3gaaltair), Twitter
    • Goddamn Handers ship being so beautifully angsty.2016 January 29, Nyxie Black (@NyxieBlack), Twitter

Origin of handers

Blend of Hawke + Anders.

Phrases with handers

Questions about handers

What does handers mean?
Handers means the ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.
What is handers the plural of?
Handers is the plural of hander.
What part of speech is handers?
Handers is a proper noun.

Words near handers in the dictionary

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

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

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