Definitions For Pinder

Etymology 1

Via {{etyl, gul, en}} from {{der, en, kg, mpinda, , peanut}}.

Alternative forms

pindar, pinda

Noun

PINDER (plural PINDERs) (US, dialectal, especially, Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant. (US, dialectal, especially, Southern US) The plant, arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from {{inh, en, ang, *pyndere}}, from {{der, en, ang, pyndan, t=pen up}}, from pund, t=pound, enclosure. Equivalent to {{af, en, pend, t1=to pen, -er}}.

Noun

PINDER (plural PINDERs) (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

References

{{R:Webster 1913}}

Anagrams

Dneipr, Dniepr, pirned