bander

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See also: Bänder

English

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Etymology

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From band +‎ -er.

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Noun

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bander (plural banders)

  1. (birdwatching) Someone who bands birds.
    Synonym: birdbander
    • 1993 November 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life.
  2. A device for putting metal bands around crates.
    • 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 75:
      The metal banding he was currently winding round a loaded pallet twisted and snapped like a splinter of wood. He took a deep breath, removed the mangled end from the bander, and started over.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French bander, from Old French bander, bender, from Frankish *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną. Cognate with English bend.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bander

  1. (transitive) to bandage
  2. (transitive) to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on
    Je bande pour toi.
    I’ve got a hard-on for you.
    • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Fernande”, in Fernande:
      Quand je pense à Fernande / Je bande, je bande
      When I think of Fernande / I get hard, I get hard
    • 1981, “Être une femme”, performed by Michel Sardou:
      Maîtriser à fond le système / Accéder au pouvoir suprême / S’installer à la Présidence / Et de là faire bander la France
      Completely controlling the system / Achieving supreme power / Installing myself as president / And giving all of France a hard-on

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