Pinder

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant. Southern-US, US, dialectal, especially
  2. 2
    One who impounds; a poundkeeper. obsolete
  3. 3
    The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts. Southern-US, US, dialectal, especially
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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peanut

Example

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""People are fascinated with Harriet Tubman because they see her as an ordinary person who rose up against all odds to escape the savagery of slavery," said Donald Pinder, president of a group that runs the Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge, Maryland."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.

Etymology 2

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.

Related phrases

arachis hypogaea

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