carder

car·der
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US/ˈkɑɹ.dɚ/

noun

A person employed to card wool.

OriginEnglish card ← Middle English carden →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

carder1

nouncarder (plural carders)

plural carders

  1. A person employed to card wool.
  2. A carding machine.
  3. A criminal who steals information from credit cards.
  4. slangA person who distributes tart cards.

Carder2

proper noun
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a carder.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcarden
  2. Englishcard
  3. Englishcarder

From card + -er.

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Translations

Catalan cardador
  • cardadorperson employed to card wool
Finnish karstaaja, karstauskone
  • karstaajaperson employed to card wool
  • karstauskonemachine
Italian battilana
  • battilanaperson employed to card wool
Persian حلاج, پنبهزن
  • حلاج (hallâj)person employed to card wool
  • پنبهزن (panbe-zan)person employed to card wool

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with carder

harderregarderlarderardoryarderguarderCunarderhaarderplacarder
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Sounds the same

carter (t-flapping)Carter (t-flapping)

Anagrams

RedcarCrader
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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