Saunders

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sanders (“sandalwood”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English, Scottish, and occasionally Jewish patronymic surname derived from an old form of Alexander.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in Rush County, Kansas, United States.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Stanton County, Kansas.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.

Example

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"“The initial wave of superheroes of the 1930s and ’40s was predominantly male and always exclusively white,” Saunders said."

Etymology

Compare Middle English saundres.

Related phrases

Saunders County

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