C-bander

noun

A person who uses a C-band television receive-only (TVRO) system for viewing television.

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Meanings

nounC-bander (plural C-banders)

plural C-banders

  1. communicationsA person who uses a C-band television receive-only (TVRO) system for viewing television.

    True, many former C-banders have traded in their BUDs for pizza dishes. Also true, as the numbers of C-band equipment owners decline, prices may rise for C-band components. […] Residential C-banders have been, and will continue to ride on the back of commercial C-band technology.

    2006 January 30, Maxodyne, “Re: 4DTV Future 2006”, in alt.video.satellite.4dtv (Usenet)

Origin

From C band + -er.

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C-bander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-bander

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