bander

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noun

Someone who bands birds.

Similar
birdbander
OriginEnglish band ← Middle English band ← Old English bend →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

nounbander (plural banders)

plural banders

  1. biologySomeone who bands birds.

    He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life.

    1993 November 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

    Synonyms: birdbander

  2. A device for putting metal bands around crates.

    The metal banding he was currently winding round a loaded pallet twisted and snapped like a splinter of wood. He took a deep breath, removed the mangled end from the bander, and started over.

    2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 75

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who bands birds.

Similar
birdbander

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  3. Old Englishbend
  4. Middle Englishband
  5. Englishband
  6. Englishbander

From band + -er.

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Translations

Finnish rengastaja
  • rengastajaone who bands birds

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

BrendaBradenBardenBenardBednarBerdandebranrebandRedban
Cite this entry
APA

bander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bander

MLA

“bander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bander. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bander,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bander.

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