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pinder¹

Where it comes from

Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.

noun pinders · pindar · pinda

  1. Southern US, US, dialectal, especially A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
  2. Southern US, US, dialectal, especially The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.

pinder²

Where it comes from

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.

noun pinders

  1. obsolete One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

Pinder³

proper noun Pinders

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

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@misc{pinder_2026,
  title = {pinder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pinder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}