Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who understands or knows.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who understands, or knows by experience.
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- noun One who
understands something.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Look out gang, an understander has made some noise...an understander has pointed out our unspoken agenda...take, rape, pillage, control, destroy or a variation thereof.
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And the son thinks that his mother has tried to make him her designated understander.
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"I'm the worst (dancer, cook, understander of computers, fill in whatever you want) in the world."
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And the son thinks that his mother has tried to make him her designated understander.
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And the son thinks that his mother has tried to make him her designated understander.
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And the son thinks that his mother has tried to make him her designated understander.
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"I'm the worst (dancer, cook, understander of computers, fill in whatever you want) in the world."
'Winning' 2010
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And the son thinks that his mother has tried to make him her designated understander.
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And the son thinks that his mother has tried to make him her designated understander.
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"I'm the worst (dancer, cook, understander of computers, fill in whatever you want) in the world."
travismcdermott commented on the word understander
1875 BROWNING Aristoph. Apol. 113 Strong understander of our common life, Staple sustainment of morality.
April 12, 2008