blinder
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blinder
- /ˈblaɪndə/ UK
- /ˈblaɪndɚ/ US
Rhymes with -aɪndə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From blind + -er.
adjective
- comparative form of blind: more blind Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate.
noun blinders
- A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
- A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side. From both sides of his head a blackness swiftly grew like blinders on a horse and darkly narrowed his field of vision.
- Something that impairs visual or mental perception in a way figuratively compared to horses' blinders. Orientalism itself, furthermore, was an exclusively male province; like so many professional guilds during the modern period, it viewed itself and its subject matter with sexist blinders.
- An exceptional performance. He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.
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A bout of heavy drinking.
If a man goes out on a blinder, he might be charged with being drunk and incapable and therefore have a criminal record, although he is an honourable man.
Similar: bender
- A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change. When the 'blinders' are switched off, and the audience's eyes given time to re-adjust, the new scene is in place […]
verb blinders · blindering · blindered
- To fit (a horse) with blinders.
- To obstruct the vision of. […] We climb in hopes / Of such seeing up the leaf-shuttered escarpments, / Blindered by green, under a green-grained sky
Translations
Talk about this word "blinder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blinder. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blinder. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blinder "blinder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blinder.Cite this
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