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tedder

1

[ ted-er ]

noun

  1. a person who teds.
  2. an implement that turns and loosens hay after mowing in order to hasten drying.


Tedder

2

[ ted-er ]

noun

  1. Arthur William, 1st Baron, 1890–1967, British Royal Air Force marshal and educator, born in Scotland.

Tedder

1

/ ˈtɛdə /

noun

  1. TedderArthur William, 1st Baron Tedder of Glenguin18901967MBritishMILITARY: airforce commander Arthur William, 1st Baron Tedder of Glenguin. 1890–1967, British marshal of the Royal Air Force; deputy commander under Eisenhower of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1944–45)


tedder

2

/ ˈtɛdə /

noun

  1. a machine equipped with a series of small rotating forks for tedding hay
  2. a person who teds

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tedder1

First recorded in 1400–50, tedder is from the late Middle English word teddere. See ted, -er 1

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Example Sentences

Maybe a Ryan Tedder/One Republic-type track would suit them better, or something Maroon 5-esque.

Across the field and back again went the hay tedder, its forks picking up the grass and tossing it in every direction.

But in the field where George had watched the mower and the tedder, machinery and horse power were again in use.

Mr. Tedder summed him up as "as a compound of a Benedictine monk, a Crusader and a Buccaneer."

Mr. Tedder describes him as a man of great and subtle intellect and very urbane.

At eleven o'clock the tedder was started, and in two hours the cut grass had been turned.

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