hander

See also: händer and hænder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

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Etymology 1

hand (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
   • [1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were
     The handers down, can they from thence infer
     A right t'interpret?

Related terms

• hander-in

 

Translations

a conveyor in succession

• Dutch: overhandiger

Etymology 2

hand (noun) +‎ -er (measurement suffix) or +‎ -er (relational noun suffix)

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. (in combinations) Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
   • 2010, Chris Lewit, Tennis Technique Bible, volume One:

     Two-handers generally do not transition to the net as quickly or as often as one-handers. This, to me, however, is just a coaching failure rather than a technical limitation.

2. (archaic, slang) A blow on the hand as punishment.
   • 1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report, page 507:

     I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.

Derived terms

• back-hander
• glad-hander
• left-hander
• no-hander
• one-hander
• right-hander
• second-hander
• single-hander
• three-hander
• two-hander

 

Anagrams

• Harden, Harned, Hendra, harden