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undercarder

undercarder noun: a lower-ranking carder (person employed to card wool).

Noun

undercarder (plural undercarders)

  1. A lower-ranking carder (person employed to card wool).
    • In the ring-room the overlooker would be about on a par with the carder or undercarder, but the jobbers would earn less than the strippers and grinders.1929, Great Britain. Industrial Health Research Board, Reports (issues 55-65, page 49)

Forms of undercarder

pluralundercarders

Origin of undercarder

From under- + carder.

Questions about undercarder

What does undercarder mean?
Undercarder means a lower-ranking carder (person employed to card wool).
What part of speech is undercarder?
Undercarder is a noun.
What is the plural of undercarder?
The plural of undercarder is undercarders.

Words near undercarder in the dictionary

  1. undercaptains
  2. undercar
  3. undercarboxylated
  4. undercarboxylation
  5. undercard
  6. undercarder
  7. undercarders
  8. undercards
  9. undercarriage
  10. undercarriaged
  11. undercarriageless

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