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abounder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈbaʊndəɹ/ (General-American)
• /əˈbaʊndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From abound + -er.

Meanings

1. Often followed by in: one who abounds in something; one who has plenty.
   • Say, ye ſtrangers to Care, and abounders in Mirth! vvhat vvill he do, vvhen he finds himſelf ſtill ſubſiſting in a ſtate, vvhere none of thoſe Pleaſures, for vvhich alone he vviſh'd to ſubſiſt, can poſſibly any longer ſubſiſt vvith him? 1755, [Edward Young], “Letter III. On Pleasure.”, in The Centaur Not Fabulous. […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […]; [a]nd R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, page 168:
   • Wanters, abounders, / March, in gay mixture, / Men, my surrounders! / I am the fixture. 1876, Robert Browning, “Pisgah-Sights. 2.”, in Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, stanza 5, page 81:
   • Then bow’d unto bench there the abounders in riches / And were fain of their fill. 1895 January, “XVI. Hrothgar Giveth Gifts to Beowulf.”, in William Morris, A[lfred] J[ohn] Wyatt, transl., The Tale of Beowulf, Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats, new edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], published August 1898, →OCLC, page 58:

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