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bounder

[boun-der] Origin

bound·er

[boun-der]
noun
1.
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
2.
a person or thing that bounds.

Origin:
1535–45; bound2 + -er1
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Bounder is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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bounder (ˈbaʊndə)
 
n
1.  old-fashioned, slang (Brit) a morally reprehensible person; cad
2.  a person or animal that bounds

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bounder
1560s, "one who sets bounds," from bound (n.); slang meaning "person of objectionable social behavior, would-be stylish person," is from 1889, perhaps from bound (v.) on notion of one trying to "bound" into high society, but earliest usage suggests
EXPAND
one outside the "bounds" of acceptable socializing, which would connect it with the noun.
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