meader
meader noun: a mower.
Noun (1)
meader (plural meaders)
- A mower.
Noun (2)
meader (plural meaders)
Proper noun capitalized: Meader
Meader (plural Meaders)
- A surname.
Forms of meader
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | meaders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Meaders |
| alternative form | Meador |
| alternative form | Meeder |
Origin of meader
From Middle English *medere, from Old English mǣþere (“a mower”), equivalent to math + -er.
From mead + -er, either a topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow or an occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead.
Questions about meader
- What does meader mean?
- Meader means a mower.
- What part of speech is meader?
- Meader can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of meader?
- The plural of meader is meaders.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: meader (page history and authors); Meader (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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