Voider

//ˈvɔɪdə(ɹ)// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates, or annuls.
  2. 2
    a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried wordnet
  3. 3
    A tray or basket formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc.

    "Peirs ploughman layd the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voyder."

  4. 4
    a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate wordnet
  5. 5
    A contrivance in armour for covering an unprotected part of the body; a gousset. historical

    "[…] amongst the stock of a Southwark armour-dealer in 1454 and worn-out haubergeons 'of westwale' at the Tower in 1455 were recycled into sleeves and voiders."

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  1. 6
    a person who defecates wordnet
  2. 7
    A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal. historical, rare

    "The voider hauing cléered the table, Cardes & Dice (for the laſt Meſſe) are ſerued vp to the boord: […]"

  3. 8
    an official who can invalidate or nullify wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English voider, equivalent to void + -er.

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