Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poinder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poinder
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.

noun

One who distrains property.

Example Sentences

"So Caius Gracchus defends the treasury from others' violence, whiles himself robbed it; so the poinder chafes and swears to see beasts in the corn, yet will pull up a stake, or cut a tether, to find supply for his pin-fold"
"The poinder no doubt is preferable at common law, because the assignment not being completed by intimation, the debtor continues still proprietor"

Etymology

From poind + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: poind

Inflected Forms

poinders (plural)

Questions

What does poinder mean?: The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
Where does poinder come from?: From poind + -er.

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