hander

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

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From hand (verb) + -er.

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?

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

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. (dated, 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.

• Harned, Hendra, Henard, harden, Harden