pinder

P3I1N1D2E1R1

noun

A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.

OriginKongo mpinda →
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Meanings

pinder1

nounpinder (plural pinders)

plural pinders · alternative pindar · alternative pinda

  1. Southern USUSdialectalespeciallyA peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
  2. Southern USUSdialectalespeciallyThe plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.

pinder2

nounpinder (plural pinders)

plural pinders

  1. obsoleteOne who impounds; a poundkeeper.

Pinder3

proper nounPinder (countable and uncountable, plural Pinders)

plural Pinders

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
peanut

Origin

pinder · noun

  1. Kongompinda“peanut”
  2. Englishpinder

Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.

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pinder · noun

  1. Old Englishpyndan“pen up”
  2. Old English*pyndere
  3. Middle Englishpindere
  4. Englishpinder

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.

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APA

pinder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinder

MLA

“pinder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinder.

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