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Pinder

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. countable, uncountable
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

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.

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