compounder

== English == === Etymology === From compound +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)/ === Noun === compounder (plural compounders) A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result) a compounder of medicines One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime. (UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. 1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore. (UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. ==== Derived terms ==== noncompounder === Anagrams === recompound