BOUNDER


Meaning of BOUNDER in English

I. -də(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: bound (III) + -er

archaic : boundary

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: bound (VII) + -er

1. slang Britain

a. : dogcart

b. : a 4-wheeled cab

2. chiefly Britain : a man of objectionable manners, taste, or other form of social behavior : outsider , cad

a big, jolly fellow, with a touch of the bounder about him — D.H.Lawrence

— often used in general disparagement

almost offensive, the old bounder had been — Norman Douglas

3. : a batted ball that bounces along the ground : grounder

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.