Meanings
saunders1
nounsaunders (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of sanders (“sandalwood”).
℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.
1624, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Electuaries, and Conserues: of Lozenges, and Manus Christi”, in The Method of Physick, Contaning^([sic]) the Cavses, Signes, and Cvres of Inward Diseases in Mans Body, from the Head to the Foote. Whereunto is Added, The Forme and Rule of Making Remedies and Medicines, which Our Physitions Commonly Vse at this Day, with the Proportion, Quantity, and Names of Each Medicine, 6th edition, book VII, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, dwelling in great Woodstreete, →OCLC, page 402
Saunders2
proper noun
- An English, Scottish, and occasionally Jewish patronymic surname derived from an old form of Alexander.
- A ghost town in Rush County, Kansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
Origin
Compare Middle English saundres.
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Chicago
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