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Voider
//ˈvɔɪdə(ɹ)// noun
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Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates, or annuls.
- 2 a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried wordnet
- 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 a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate wordnet
- 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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- 6 a person who defecates wordnet
- 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: […]"
- 8 an official who can invalidate or nullify wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English voider, equivalent to void + -er.
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