lander
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈlændə]
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈlændɚ]
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: land‧er
- Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Noun
lander (plural landers)
- One who lands, or who lands something.
- 1997, Northern Scotland, volumes 17-18, page 94:
- The Faroese have been important landers of fish at Aberdeen for decades.
- A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
- (mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
- (slang) An illegal immigrant.
- (Internet) Synonym of landing page.
Derived terms
Translations
space probe
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(slang) illegal immigrant
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Etymology 2
From land (noun) + -er. Compare Old English landwaru (“the people of a country”).
Noun
lander (plural landers)
- (in combination) A person from a specific land. See highlander, Greenlander.
- 2016, Mail Online:
- La La Lander: Golden Globe nominee Emma Stone donned a grey ruffled pencil skirt with a white sheer blouse for the party.
Anagrams
- Ladner, darnel, learn'd, reland, Randle, Rednal, learnd, enlard, aldern, Nadler, Lenard, Randel, Larned, larned
Danish
Verb
lander
- present of lande
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
lander
- present of lande
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlandɛr/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈlandar/
- Rhymes: -andɛr
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English launder.
Alternative forms
- landar (North Wales, colloquial)
Noun
lander m (plural landeri or landerau or landerydd, not mutable)
- (North Wales) gutter (on a roof), eavestrough
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
lander
- soft mutation of glander (“cleanliness”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| glander | lander | nglander | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “gutter”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “lander”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “lander”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies