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understander en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəndɚˈstændɚ/

Etymology

From Middle English understander, understondere, equivalent to understand + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who understands something.
    • These are the people of the brain, after all, the understanders. 2009 January 23, Virginia Heffernan, “Confessions of a TED Addict”, in New York Times:
    • "You knew Mr. Kampf intimately?" "Yes, I guess so." She smiled as one understander to another. 1955 October, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam, published 1994, →ISBN, page 166:
    • I am not a speed reader, I am a speed understander.

Forms

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Translations (9)

ca entenedor (one who understands) · ca entenedora (one who understands) · es entendedor (one who understands) · izh arvaaja (one who understands) · de Versteherin (one who understands) · de Versteher (one who understands) · pt entendedora (one who understands) · es entendedora (one who understands) · pt entendedor (one who understands)

understander en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈəndɚˌstændɚ/

Etymology

From under + stander.

Meanings

  1. One who physically supports a formation of acrobats, as a human pyramid.
    • He was a strongman and an understander for the acrobats.

Forms

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Synonyms

bottom man