Definition of Hounder

1. one that hounds [n -S] - See also: hounds

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hounder

hoummoses
hoummous
houmous
houmus
houmuses
hound
hound's-tongue
hound's-tooth check
hound's tongue
hound-dog facies
hound dog
hound dogs
hound shark
hound sharks
hounded
hounder (current term)
hounders
houndfish
houndfishes
hounding
houndings
hounds
houndsteeth
houndstooth
houndstooth check
houngan
houngans
houp
houpelande
houpelandes

Literary usage of Hounder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Autobiography and Diary of Mr. James Melvill, with a Continuation of the by James Melville (1842)
"... and contented him with thrie hounder marks, ... to me for twa hounder marks ... for a hounder, I quat tham bathe for thrie ..."

2. The Autobiography and Diary of Mr. James Melvill, with a Continuation of the by James Melville (1842)
"It cost me fyve hounder marks, ... bot never could gett a hounder mark of it again to this hour.] MDXCIX. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The wily politician, the reckless duelist, the insolent hounder of his foes, was gone. In his place was a philosopher and litterateur, a man who wrote ..."

4. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"As for Wild, he is the novel's ogre, a ruffian without redeeming traits, the maker of thieves and their hounder to the gallows. ..."

5. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1920)
"For that period he was a man of letters, instead of a politician, a reckless duelist, and a hounder of his foes. As a philosopher and litterateur, ..."

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