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.
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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.

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

lander

  1. present of lande

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lander

  1. present of lande
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