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wedder

wedder noun: a person who marries. Also the alternative form of wether.

Noun

wedder (plural wedders)

  1. A person who marries.
    • The wedder of the heiress! is his lot all bliss when he has made the grand coup, and married for money after a long career of debts, difiiculties, and dishonoured bills? I think not; […]1864, St. James' Magazine and United Empire Review, volume 9, page 239
    Synonyms:
    spouse

Also used as

wedder is also the alternative form of wether.

Synonyms of wedder

Forms of wedder

pluralwedders

Origin of wedder

From wed + -er.

Questions about wedder

What does wedder mean?
Wedder means a person who marries.
What part of speech is wedder?
Wedder is a noun.
What is the plural of wedder?
The plural of wedder is wedders.

Words near wedder in the dictionary

  1. Weddell Sea
  2. Weddell seal
  3. Weddell seals
  4. weddellite
  5. Weddells
  6. wedder
  7. Wedderburn
  8. Wedderburn Junction
  9. Wedderburns
  10. wedders
  11. weddest

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