Meanings
hander1
plural handers
- One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were The handers down, can they from thence infer A right t'interpret?
[1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
hander2
plural handers
- Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
Two-handers generally do not transition to the net as quickly or as often as one-handers. This, to me, however, is just a coaching failure rather than a technical limitation.
2010, Chris Lewit, Tennis Technique Bible, volume One - datedslangA blow on the hand as punishment.
I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.
1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report, page 507
Origin
hander · noun
- Proto-Germanic*handuz
- Proto-West Germanic*handu
- Old Englishhand
- Middle Englishhond
- Englishhand
- Englishhander
hander · noun
From hand (noun) + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch overhandiger
- overhandigera conveyor in succession
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
hander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hander
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