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Definition of Maunder
1. Verb. Wander aimlessly.
2. Verb. Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice. "They maunder that there was a traffic accident "
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Mumble, Mumbler, Mumbling, Mussitation, Mutter, Mutterer, Muttering
3. Verb. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. "Sam and Sue maunder"
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Specialized synonyms: Babble, Blather, Blether, Blither, Smatter
Derivative terms: Blabber, Chatter, Chatterer, Gabble, Palaver, Piffle, Prate, Prater, Prattle, Prattler, Tittle-tattle, Twaddle, Twaddler
Definition of Maunder
1. v. t. To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.
2. n. A beggar.
Definition of Maunder
1. Verb. To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle. ¹
2. Verb. To wander or walk aimlessly. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A beggar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maunder
1. to talk incoherently [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maunder
Literary usage of Maunder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas, and by Peregrine Bingham, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1829)
"THOMAS maunder. Nov. 28. 'F HE Defendant was arrested and holden to bail on
Affidavit, that the following affidavit :— " William ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Joseph Payne (1830)
"Thomas Elworthy $ Co., were, and now are, creditors of the said William maunder
and James maunder; and that they, the said William maunder and James maunder ..."
3. New Reports of Cases Argued and Determined, in the Court of Common Pleas by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, John Bernard Bosanquet, Christopher Puller, Great Britain Courts (1826)
"... not appearing were nonsuited ; that at the time of the commencement of (lie
said action against George maunder, Robt. maunder hail been a bankrupt ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"THOMAS maunder. — p. 295. Affidavit, that the defendant had undertaken to be
answerable to the creditors of J. and WM for the amount of the debts of such ..."
5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1904)
"Mr. and Mrs. maunder, Date of Passage of the i,xiv. ... By E. Walter maunder and
ASD maunder. In vol. iii. of the Transactions of the Society of Biblical ..."
6. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... and keep constables waking, wear out stocks aud whipcord, maunder for butter-milk.
Thus we have also a maunder, for a beggar ; and a ..."
7. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"I bave sometimes been disposed to view the ST ta manner, as the same with the E.
v. to maunder, to murmur, to grumble. But there is no analogy in sense ..."
8. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1894)
"E. WALTER maunder, FRAS] In the Journal of the British Astronomical Association,
1894, page 83, we find the following succinct statement of observed facts: ..."
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