English Explanatory Dictionary

dispender

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A steward or treasurer.

Word forms

dispender dispenders

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dispendour, from Old French despendour. By surface analysis, dispend (“distribute, dispense”) + -er. Doublet of dispenser and spencer.

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