Kinder
adj, adv, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Children. humorous, plural, plural-only
"But - let wifey leave him with the kinder while out shopping..."
- 2 Clipping of kindergarten. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 3 Clipping of kindergartner. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal
- 1 comparative form of kind: more kind comparative, form-of
"My aunt has been kinder to me since my father died."
- 1 Alternative form of kinda. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"I told ’im to give you the strings last night, but I’m kinder glad thet Rosebud interfered an’ saved yer life."
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana.
- 3 Places in the United States:; A town in Allen Parish, Louisiana.
- 4 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri.
- 5 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
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- 6 A minor river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Sett.
Example
More examples"The world around you is ... just a little kinder ... even more than you think."
Etymology
From kind + -er.
From kind of.
From German Kinder (“children”), sometimes via Yiddish קינדער (kinder, “children”).
Clipping of kindergarten or kindergartner.
Uncertain but probably of Proto-Brythonic origin. The name may be equivalent to Welsh cain (“elegant, fair”) or cant (“border, rim”) + dwfr (“water”).
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