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poinder

poinder noun: the keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.

Noun

poinder (plural poinders)

  1. (Scotland) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
    • So Caius Gracchus defends the treasury from others' violence, whiles himself robbed it; so the poinder chafes and swears to see beasts in the corn, yet will pull up a stake, or cut a tether, to find supply for his pin-fold1629, Thomas Adams, Sermons
  2. (Scotland) One who distrains property.
    • The poinder no doubt is preferable at common law, because the assignment not being completed by intimation, the debtor continues still proprietor1767, Lord Henry Home Kames, Principles of Equity

Forms of poinder

pluralpoinders

Origin of poinder

From poind + -er.

Questions about poinder

What does poinder mean?
Poinder means the keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
What part of speech is poinder?
Poinder is a noun.
What is the plural of poinder?
The plural of poinder is poinders.

Words near poinder in the dictionary

  1. poinciana
  2. poincianas
  3. poind
  4. poindable
  5. poinded
  6. poinder
  7. poinders
  8. poindexter
  9. poindexterish
  10. poindexters
  11. poinding

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