Wedder

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who marries.

    "The wedder of the heiress! is his lot all bliss when he has made the grand coup, and married for money after a long career of debts, difiiculties, and dishonoured bills? I think not; […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of wether (“castrated buck goat or ram”). alt-of, alternative, obsolete, regional

    "They then retreated to an out-house, took a wedder from the fold, killed it, and supped off the carcass, for which (it is said) they offered payment to the proprietor."

Synonyms

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better halfhelpmatehelpmeetspouse

Example

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"The wedder of the heiress! is his lot all bliss when he has made the grand coup, and married for money after a long career of debts, difiiculties, and dishonoured bills? I think not; […]"

Etymology

From wed + -er.

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