saunders

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proper noun

An English, Scottish, and occasionally Jewish patronymic surname derived from an old form of Alexander.

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Meanings

saunders1

nounsaunders (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of sanders (“sandalwood”).

    ℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.

    1624, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Electuaries, and Conserues: of Lozenges, and Manus Christi”, in The Method of Physick, Contaning^([sic]) the Cavses, Signes, and Cvres of Inward Diseases in Mans Body, from the Head to the Foote. Whereunto is Added, The Forme and Rule of Making Remedies and Medicines, which Our Physitions Commonly Vse at this Day, with the Proportion, Quantity, and Names of Each Medicine, 6th edition, book VII, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, dwelling in great Woodstreete, →OCLC, page 402

Saunders2

proper noun
  1. An English, Scottish, and occasionally Jewish patronymic surname derived from an old form of Alexander.
  2. A ghost town in Rush County, Kansas, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Stanton County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.

Origin

Compare Middle English saundres.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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