pinder

== English == === Etymology 1 === Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda. ==== Alternative forms ==== pindar, pinda ==== Noun ==== pinder (plural pinders) (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant. (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== pinder (plural pinders) (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper. ==== References ==== “pinder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Dneipr, Dniepr, pirned