Bounder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bounder is a noun meaning Something that bounds or jumps.
Meaning
Something that bounds or jumps.
More Meanings
- (UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
- A social climber.
- That which limits; a boundary.
- (UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet.
Example Sentences
He marvelled anew that Ruth could have cared, as she certainly had, for this fellow. A bounder, and worse than a bounder.
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 shut-vp within their limits, as it were in prison.
Word Forms
- bounders
- boundure
Synonyms for bounder
Depending on context, synonyms include cad, heel, blackguard, dog, hound.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heel, blackguard, dog, hound, cad, roue.
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