lander
Syllables: land·erUK[ˈlændə]US[ˈlændɚ]
lander noun: one who lands, or who lands something.
Noun (1)
lander (plural landers)
- One who lands, or who lands something.
- The Faroese have been important landers of fish at Aberdeen for decades.1997, Northern Scotland, volumes 17-18, page 94
- A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
- A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
- An illegal immigrant.
- Synonym of landing page.
- Synonyms:
- landing page
Noun (2)
lander (plural landers)
- A person from a specific land. See highlander, Greenlander.
- La La Lander: Golden Globe nominee Emma Stone donned a grey ruffled pencil skirt with a white sheer blouse for the party.2016, Mail Online
Proper noun capitalized: Lander
Lander
- A surname.
- A small unincorporated community in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
- A city, the county seat of Fremont County, Wyoming.
- A municipality in the state of Miranda, Venezuela.
lander meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lander in Hindi
- space probe
- लैंडर laiṇḍar
lander in Tamil
- லேண்டர், லேண்ட்டர்
lander in Marathi
- लँडर, लॅंडर
lander in Urdu
- لینڈر
More languagesFewer languages
- lander in Bengali
- ল্যান্ডার, ল্যাণ্ডার
- lander in Telugu
- ల్యాండర్, లాండర్, ల్యాండరు
- lander in Malayalam
- ലാൻഡർ
- lander in Kannada
- ಲ್ಯಾಂಡರ್
- lander in Punjabi
- ਲੈਂਡਰ, ਲਾਂਡਰ
- lander in Gujarati
- લેન્ડર
- lander in Odia
- ଲ୍ଯ଼ାଣ୍ଡର୍, ଲ୍ଯ଼ାଣ୍ଡର
- lander in Nepali
- ल्यान्डर, ल्याण्डर
Examples of lander in a sentence
- Lambda, on the other hand, was practically giddy when she finished crawling through the lander.
- The anchoring harpoons and retro-rockets did not work and the lander bounced off the comet.
- A good lunar lander or Pong-type game was all you needed to strike it rich!
Synonyms of lander
Forms of lander
| plural | landers |
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Origin of lander
From land (verb) + -er.
From land (noun) + -er. Compare Old English landwaru (“the people of a country”).
Words formed from lander
- Lander County
- belandre
- bilander
- lunar lander
Phrases with lander
Words that rhyme with lander
Questions about lander
- What does lander mean?
- Lander means one who lands, or who lands something.
- What is lander in Hindi?
- Lander in Hindi is लैंडर (laiṇḍar). See Lander meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lander?
- Lander can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lander?
- Lander is pronounced [ˈlændə] (UK).
- What is the plural of lander?
- The plural of lander is landers.
Words near lander in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lander (page history and authors); Lander (page history and authors); lander (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lander (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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