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bounder

Something that bounds or jumps.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

Something that bounds or jumps.

Origin: From . Sense 2 poss. from bandar, borrowed from , via Indian English. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

A social climber.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.

: Let the mountaine Pyrenaeus diuide the French, and Spaniards: and the wildernesse of Sand the Aethiopians, from Aegyptians. And in like manner also be all other Kingdomes: they are bound within their bounders, as it were in bands; and …
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