English Explanatory Dictionary

pinder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
  2. The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.
noun
  1. One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Word forms

pinder pinders pindar pinda

Etymology

Etymology tree Kongo mpindader. Gullah English pinder Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.

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