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saunders

saunders is the alternative form of sanders.

Meaning of sanders

Noun

sanders (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood

See all 8 meanings of sanders

Proper noun capitalized: Saunders

Saunders

  1. An English, Scottish, and occasionally Jewish patronymic surname derived from an old form of Alexander.
  2. A ghost town in Rush County, Kansas, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Stanton County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.

Origin of saunders

Compare Middle English saundres.

Words formed from saunders

Phrases with saunders

Questions about saunders

What does saunders mean?
Saunders means an English, Scottish, and occasionally Jewish patronymic surname derived from an old form of Alexander.
What is saunders the alternative form of?
Saunders is the alternative form of sanders.
What part of speech is saunders?
Saunders is a proper noun.

Words near saunders in the dictionary

  1. saunaed
  2. saunaing
  3. saunalike
  4. saunas
  5. Saundby
  6. saunders
  7. Saunders blue
  8. Saunders County
  9. Saundersfoot
  10. saundersioside
  11. Saunderson

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saunders (page history and authors); Saunders (page history and authors); sanders (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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