Meanings
hedger1
plural hedgers
- One who makes or mends hedges.
But what of that vast number of the human kind who were always in the background? What of the hewers of wood and drawers of water, the swineherds, the shepherds, the carpenters, the hedgers and cobblers?
1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 13 - One who hedges, for example in betting.
Hedger2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
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Origin
hedger · noun
- Middle Englishhegger
- Englishhedger
From Middle English hegger, equivalent to hedge + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →Hedger · proper noun
- Middle EnglishHegger
- EnglishHedger
From Middle English Hegger, Heger, from hegger (“one who makes or repairs hedges, a hedger”).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
hedger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hedger
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