Meanings
plural seeders
- A person who sows seeds.
- A person who seeds clouds in order to make it rain
- Internetfile sharingA person connected to a peer-to-peer network who has a complete or partial copy of a given file and makes it available for downloading.
- computingA process that seeds a random number generator.
- A stamp-type leatherworking tool predominantly used in floral designs to represent the seeds in the center of a flower.
Synonyms & antonyms
leecher, leech
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishsǣdere“sower”
- Middle Englishseeder
- Englishseeder
From Middle English seeder, seder, from Old English sǣdere (“sower”), equivalent to seed + -er.
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Cite this entry
seeder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeder
“seeder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seeder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeder.
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