Meanings
hadder1
nounhadder (countable and uncountable, plural hadders)
plural hadders
- countabledialectalobsoleteuncountableheather or heath
they lay upon the ground covered with skins, as the Redshanks do on Hadder
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
hadder2
contraction
- contractionpronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of had to.
Origin
hadder · noun
- Old English*hǣddre
- Middle Englishhader
- Englishhadder
From Middle English hader, hather, heddre, from Old English *hǣddre, a variant of hǣþ (“heath; heather”). More at heath, heather.
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APA
hadder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hadder
MLA
“hadder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hadder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hadder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hadder.
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