Compounder

//kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)

    "a compounder of medicines"

  2. 2
    One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.

    "Compounders in politics."

  3. 3
    One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.

    "Religious houses made compounders / For the horrid actions of their founders."

  4. 4
    One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. UK, archaic

    "1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore."

  5. 5
    A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. UK, historical

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"Religious houses made compounders / For the horrid actions of their founders."

Etymology

From compound + -er.

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