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pinder en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Kongo mpindader. Gullah English pinder Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
pinders	Number=Plur		lexicographic
pinda		alternative	lexicographic
pindar		alternative	lexicographic

pinder en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
pinders	Number=Plur		lexicographic