mudder

• Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)

From mud +‎ -er.

mudder (plural mudders)

1. A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.

   Synonym: mudlark

From MUD +‎ -er.

• MUDer, MUDder

mudder (plural mudders)

1. (Internet) A participant in a multi-user dungeon.
   • 1993, Leonard N. Foner, “What's an Agent, Anyway? A Sociological Case Study”, in MIT Media Lab‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 December 2022:

     For mudders like myself (an AI researcher), ’bots and their associated likely behavior patterns are old hat.

   • 1997, Gov't Cheeze, “[AD/REQUEST] Builders and Players (twinks need not apply)”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):

     You will not find any stock. You will not find any easy mobs. You will not find any +100 dam 'big swords of I win'. You will not find twink mudders. You will not hear about how Jim the Kewl dOOd scored last night at his sister's birthday party. You will not find bots.

mudder (plural mudders)

1. Pronunciation spelling of mother.
   • 2006 August 14, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “No Hands On Deck!”, in Homestar Runner‎^[2], spoken by Coach Z (Matthew Chapman):

     What about me? I wanna be in your myorsical! I can be the orphan! Oh, where is my mudder-dee-doo?

• red mud

From Low German modder, mudder (“mire, mud, sludge”).

• IPA^(key): /mudər/, [ˈmuðˀɐ]

mudder n (singular definite mudderet, not used in plural form)

1. mud, mire

• mudre (verb) ("muddy", "stir up the mud")
• mudret (adjective) ("muddy")

• mudder on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “mudder” in Den Danske Ordbog

From German Low German modder.

mudder n (definite singular mudderet)

1. mud

• mudderflate

• “mudder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Low German modder.

mudder n (definite singular mudderet)

1. mud

• mudderflate

• “mudder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Modder. Cognate of Danish mudder, Norwegian Bokmål mudder, Norwegian Nynorsk mudder.

mudder n

1. mud, sludge, silt

• muddra

• mudder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mudder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mudder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mudder in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)