Sanders
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of sander form-of, plural
- 2 sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood obsolete, uncountable
- 1 A surname originating as a patronymic countable, uncountable
"U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders."
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, rare, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Carroll County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Pennington County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Treasure County, Montana. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Do you grow your own potatoes? You are an incredible guy! Bernie Sanders would be proud of you."
Etymology
From Middle English saundres (“sandalwood”), from Old French sandre, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /čandal/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).
From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -s.
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