mander

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English

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Verb

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mander (third-person singular simple present manders, present participle mandering, simple past and past participle mandered)

  1. Alternative form of maunder
  2. Combining form of gerrymander (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    • 1968, Lately Thomas, The First President Johnson, page 85:
      Playing on his opponent's name, he contended that he had not been "Gerry-mandered" out of Congress, but "Henry-mandered" out, because Gustavus Henry had introduced the redistricting resolution in the legislature.
    • 1980, Díosbóireachtaí Párlaiminte: Tuairisc Oifigiúil, volume 322, page 821:
      this legislation was gerrymandered, or Sylvester-mandered or Barrett-mandered.
    • 2005, Allan J. Cigler, Burdett A. Loomis, American Politics, page 384:
      "Texas wasn't just gerry-mandered," The New York Times said in [ a 2003 ] editorial . . . . "It was Hammer-mandered."
    • 2010, Patrick L. Cox, Michael Phillips, The House Will Come To Order:
      Howard's win, some observers noted, was particularly significant since it came in one of the "Tommy-mandered" districts drawn by the House in 2003 to guarantee a Republican win.
    • 2020, Peter Marcuse, “From Gerrymandering to Co-Mandering: Redrawing the Lines”, in Andrea Kahn, Carol J. Burns, editor, Site Matters:
      Of the many alternatives to gerrymandering, co-mandering is presented here as the potentially fairest way of drawing lines in space to regulate its use.

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Anagrams

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *manta. Cognate to Finnish manner, Finnish mantere, Veps mandreh.

Noun

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mander (genitive mandri, partitive mandrit)

  1. Alternative form of manner.

Declension

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Declension of mander (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mander mandrid
accusative nom.
gen. mandri
genitive mandrite
partitive mandrit mandreid
illative mandrisse mandritesse
mandreisse
inessive mandris mandrites
mandreis
elative mandrist mandritest
mandreist
allative mandrile mandritele
mandreile
adessive mandril mandritel
mandreil
ablative mandrilt mandritelt
mandreilt
translative mandriks mandriteks
mandreiks
terminative mandrini mandriteni
essive mandrina mandritena
abessive mandrita mandriteta
comitative mandriga mandritega

References

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Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Fingallian

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Etymology

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Cognate with English maunder (to wander or walk aimlessly).

Noun

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mander

  1. to dally

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French mander, from Latin mandāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mander

  1. (obsolete) to command, summon
  2. (formal, transitive) to inform, to send news of

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin mandāre, present active infinitive of mandō.

Verb

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mander

  1. to send, dispatch

Conjugation

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  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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mander

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mandō

Mòcheno

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mander

  1. plural of mònn

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin mandāre, present active infinitive of mandō.

Verb

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mander

  1. to command; to order (give a command)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Descendants

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  • French: mander