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sowgelder

sowgelder noun: one who spays sows.

Noun

sowgelder (plural sowgelders)

  1. (historical) One who spays sows.
    • The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.1634, William Wood, “Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England...
    • First he that led the cavalcate, / Wore a sow-gelder’s flagellet, / On which he blew as strong a levet.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...

Forms of sowgelder

pluralsowgelders

Origin of sowgelder

From sow + gelder.

Questions about sowgelder

What does sowgelder mean?
Sowgelder means one who spays sows.
What part of speech is sowgelder?
Sowgelder is a noun.
What is the plural of sowgelder?
The plural of sowgelder is sowgelders.

Words near sowgelder in the dictionary

  1. Sowetan
  2. Sowetans
  3. soweth
  4. Soweto
  5. sowfoot
  6. sowgelder
  7. sowgelders
  8. sowing
  9. sowing dragon's teeth
  10. sowing one's oats
  11. sowing one's wild oats

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