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Definition of Bounder
1. Noun. Someone who is morally reprehensible. "You dirty dog"
Specialized synonyms: Perisher
Generic synonyms: Scoundrel, Villain
Derivative terms: Blackguardly
2. Noun. Someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition).
Definition of Bounder
1. n. One who, or that which, limits; a boundary.
Definition of Bounder
1. Noun. Something that bounds or jumps. ¹
2. Noun. (UK dated) A dishonourable man; a cad. ¹
3. Noun. A social climber. ¹
4. Noun. That which limits; a boundary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bounder
1. one that bounds [n -S] - See also: bounds
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bounder
Literary usage of Bounder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The law of mines, quarries and minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1884)
"Bounding in Estate of bounder. The land of any private person, which has been
anciently bounded, may, if it is vacant, be entered upon by any tinner, ..."
2. Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life and by MARIE. CORELLI (1905)
"THE AMERICAN bounder EVERYTHING in America is colossal, stupendous and pre-eminent,—it
follows, therefore, that the American " bounder " is the most ..."
3. Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham: Being Grassmen's Accounts and Other Parish by James Barmby (1896)
"For a horse one ye bounder day for ye hird, 8d. Spent upon bounder day, ...
Pd George Pearson one the bounder day, is. 6d. Spent when the north side of ..."
4. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1868)
"... his Direction for bringing down the Head in these Presentations—The Practice
ol A. Petit, bounder, and others—Presentation of the Pelvic Extremities and ..."
5. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"Bassanio, although what the English call a "bounder," doesn't exactly know how
to broach the subject to his friend, ..."
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