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pounder

1 American  
[poun-der] / ˈpaʊn dər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that pounds, pound, pulverizes, or beats.

pounder 2 American  
[poun-der] / ˈpaʊn dər /

noun

  1. a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds pound (often used in combination).

    He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder.

  2. a gun that discharges a missile of a specified weight in pounds: pound.

    a ten-pounder.
-pounder British  
/ ˈpaʊndə /

noun

  1. something weighing a specified number of pounds

    a 200-pounder

  2. something worth a specified number of pounds

    a ten-pounder

  3. a gun that discharges a shell weighing a specified number of pounds

    a two-pounder
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Etymology

Origin of pounder1

before 1050; Old English pūnere pestle (not found in ME); pound 1, -er 1

Origin of pounder2

First recorded in 1635–45; pound 2 + -er 1

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