noun
Meaning 1
A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a compounder of medicines
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compounder
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/kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)/
noun
Meaning 2
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
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noun
Meaning 3
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
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noun
Meaning 4
One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic
Examples
- 1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore.
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noun
Meaning 5
A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
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History
Etymology
From compound + -er.