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hadder

/ˈhædə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
had-der
IPA
/ˈhædə(ɹ)/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

heather or heath

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

contraction

Eye dialect spelling of had to.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English hader, hather, heddre, from Old English *hǣddre, a variant of hǣþ (“heath; heather”). More at heath, heather.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hadders (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce hadder?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhædə(ɹ)/.
What does hadder mean?
heather or heath
Where does hadder come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hadder

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