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Definition of Plodder
1. Noun. Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner.
Generic synonyms: Footer, Pedestrian, Walker
Derivative terms: Plod, Trudge
2. Noun. Someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours.
3. Noun. Someone who moves slowly. "In England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"
Generic synonyms: Dawdler, Drone, Laggard, Lagger, Poke, Trailer
Derivative terms: Plod
Definition of Plodder
1. n. One who plods; a drudge.
Definition of Plodder
1. Noun. One who plods. ¹
2. Noun. A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plodder
1. one that plods [n -S] - See also: plods
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plodder
Literary usage of Plodder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Soaps: A Complete Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap, with Special by Henry Gathmann (1893)
"The plodder. From the mill the soap passes into the hopper of the plodder. ...
The first few feet of the bar issuing from the plodder must be returned to ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Bush, 'The Resurrection,' p. 51 (Bartlett). Dig. A plodder. College slang.
1837 A clever soul is one, I say, ..."
3. Some Great Leaders in the World Movement by Robert Elliott Speer (1911)
"If he gives me credit for being a plodder he will describe me justly. Anything beyond
this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite ..."
4. The Foundations of National Prosperity: Studies in the Conservation of by Richard Theodore Ely, Ralph Henry Hess, Charles Kenneth Leith, Thomas Nixon Carver (1917)
"... maintain that he The uninspired illustrates precisely what every man is in
duty weii imitate the bound to do, whether he be an inspired producer plodder ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"After satisfactory results have been obtained in the milling process, the soap
is ready for the plodder. The soap as it comes from the mill is in thin, ..."
6. American Soaps: A Complete Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap, with Special by Henry Gathmann (1893)
"The plodder. From the mill the soap passes into the hopper of the plodder. ...
The first few feet of the bar issuing from the plodder must be returned to ..."
7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Bush, 'The Resurrection,' p. 51 (Bartlett). Dig. A plodder. College slang.
1837 A clever soul is one, I say, ..."
8. Some Great Leaders in the World Movement by Robert Elliott Speer (1911)
"If he gives me credit for being a plodder he will describe me justly. Anything beyond
this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite ..."
9. The Foundations of National Prosperity: Studies in the Conservation of by Richard Theodore Ely, Ralph Henry Hess, Charles Kenneth Leith, Thomas Nixon Carver (1917)
"... maintain that he The uninspired illustrates precisely what every man is in
duty weii imitate the bound to do, whether he be an inspired producer plodder ..."
10. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"After satisfactory results have been obtained in the milling process, the soap
is ready for the plodder. The soap as it comes from the mill is in thin, ..."
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