Meanings
lander1
plural landers
- One who lands, or who lands something.
The Faroese have been important landers of fish at Aberdeen for decades.
1997, Northern Scotland, volumes 17-18, page 94 - A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
- slangAn illegal immigrant.
lander2
plural landers
- in compoundsA person from a specific land. See highlander, Greenlander.
La La Lander: Golden Globe nominee Emma Stone donned a grey ruffled pencil skirt with a white sheer blouse for the party.
2016, Mail Online
Lander3
- A surname.
- A small unincorporated community in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
- A city, the county seat of Fremont County, Wyoming.
- A municipality in the state of Miranda, Venezuela.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of landing page.
Origin
lander · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*landą
- Proto-West Germanic*land
- Old Englishland
- Middle Englishlond
- Englishland
- Englishlander
lander · noun
- Old Englishlandwaru“the people of a country”
- Englishlander
From land (noun) + -er. Compare Old English landwaru (“the people of a country”).
More words from Old English
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Chinese Mandarin 著陸器 /著陆器
- 著陸器 /著陆器 (zhuólùqì)space probe
Finnish laskeutumisluotain, laskeutuja
- laskeutumisluotainspace probe
- laskeutujaspace probe
French atterrisseur
- atterrisseurspace probe
German Lander
- Landerspace probe
Hindi लैंडर
- लैंडर (laiṇḍar)space probe
Italian modulo di atterraggio
- modulo di atterraggiospace probe
Japanese ランダー, 着陸船
- ランダー (randā)space probe
- 着陸船 (ryakurikusen)space probe
Korean 착륙선
- 착륙선 (changnyukseon)space probe
Polish lądownik, ładowacz
- lądownikspace probe
- ładowaczperson at the mouth of a shaft
- ładownikperson at the mouth of a shaft
- nielegalny imigrant(slang) illegal immigrant
- nielegalna imigrantka(slang) illegal immigrant
Russian спуска́емый аппара́т, поса́дочный мо́дуль
- спуска́емый аппара́т (spuskájemyj apparát)space probe
- поса́дочный мо́дуль (posádočnyj módulʹ)space probe
- нелега́л (nelegál)(slang) illegal immigrant
- нелега́лка (nelegálka)(slang) illegal immigrant
Swedish landare
- landarespace probe
Turkish iniş aracı
- iniş aracıspace probe
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lander
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Cite this entry
lander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lander
“lander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lander. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lander.
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