bounder

== English == === Alternative forms === boundure === Etymology === From bound +‎ -er. Sense 2 poss. from bandar, borrowed from Hindi बन्दर (bandar, “monkey”), via Indian English. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ) === Noun === bounder (plural bounders) Something that bounds or jumps. (UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad. A social climber. That which limits; a boundary. 1638 Martin Fotherby (Iacob Blome: London) Atheomastix p.269: 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. (UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === homeward bounder,homeward-bounder === Anagrams === rebound, unbored, unrobed