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pinder

pinder noun: a peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.

Noun (1)

pinder (plural pinders)

  1. (Southern US, US, dialectal, especially) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
  2. (Southern US, US, dialectal, especially) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.

Noun (2)

pinder (plural pinders)

  1. (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

Proper noun capitalized: Pinder

Pinder (countable and uncountable, plural Pinders)

  1. A surname.
  2. A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Forms of pinder

Noun
pluralpinders
alternative formpindar
alternative formpinda
Proper noun
pluralPinders

Origin of pinder

Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.

Questions about pinder

What does pinder mean?
Pinder means a peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
What part of speech is pinder?
Pinder can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pinder?
The plural of pinder is pinders.

Words near pinder in the dictionary

  1. Pindarus
  2. pindas
  3. Pindell
  4. Pindells
  5. Pinden
  6. pinder
  7. pinders
  8. Pindhos
  9. pindi
  10. pindick
  11. pindicks

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