lander

lander

See also: Lander, länder, Landër, and Länder

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈlændə]
  • (General American) IPA(key): [ˈlændɚ]
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Hyphenation: land‧er
  • Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

    From land (verb) + -er.

    Noun

    lander (plural landers)

    1. 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.
    2. A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
    3. (mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
    4. (slang) An illegal immigrant.
    5. (Internet) Synonym of landing page.
    Derived terms
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    From land (noun) +‎ -er. Compare Old English landwaru (the people of a country).

    Noun

    lander (plural landers)

    1. (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.

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    Danish

    Verb

    lander

    1. present of lande

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Verb

    lander

    1. present of lande

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlandɛr/
    • Rhymes: -andɛr

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from English launder.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    lander m (plural landeri or landerau or landerydd, not mutable)

    1. (North Wales) gutter (on a roof), eavestrough
    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    lander

    1. soft mutation of glander (cleanliness)

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of glander
    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