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Definition of Spender

1. Noun. English poet and critic (1909-1995).

2. Noun. Someone who spends money prodigally.

3. Noun. Someone who spends money to purchase goods or services.

Definition of Spender

1. n. One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

Definition of Spender

1. Noun. (slang) A person who spends money. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spender

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spender

spelunkings spelunks spence spencerite spencers spences spend-all spend a penny spend time spendable

spendaholic spendaholics spendall spendalls spender (current term) spenders spendest spendier spendiest spendiferously

spending spending-money spending cut spending money spending spree spendings spends spendthrift spendthrift trust

Literary usage of Spender

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

1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1835)
"By JC spender, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. ... To this explanation Mr spender ingeniously objects, that, both the direction and the ..."

2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1878)
"By Dr. JOHN KENT spender, Bath. [The patient was a man 54 years of age, ... When first seen by Dr. spender,] The abdomen was greatly distended with fluid, ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1890)
"BY JOHN KENT spender, MD LOND., Physician to tft-c. Royal Mineral Water Hospital, Bath. WITHIN a period of fifty years, corresponding pretty nearly to the ..."

4. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... Was a Liberal spender and Lavish with Money—Special Trains, Spell-Binders, Campaign Clubs, Features of the Canvass—Methods of Getting Out the Vote—Bryan ..."

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