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hodder

/hˈɑdɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
hod-der
IPA
/hˈɑdɚ/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder

name

A river in Lancashire, England, tributary to the Ribble.

noun

A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface

Obsolete

Etymology

(surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. :(river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element is uncertain, but compare Welsh hawdd (“easy, prosperous, pleasant”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hodders (plural)

Phrases

hod carrier

Frequently Paired Words

hod carrier

Rhymes With

fodder solder brodeur odder

Questions

How do you pronounce hodder?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɑdɚ/.
What does hodder mean?
An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder
Where does hodder come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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