I. ˈhēdə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably from he (II) + deer (animal)
dialect England : a male sheep ; especially : one past eight or nine months old that has not been sheared
II. noun
or che·der also che·dar ˈḵādər, ˈḵed-
( plural ha·da·rim ḵəˈdärə̇m, -dȯr-, -ˌrēm ; or he·ders ˈḵādərz, ˈḵed-)
Etymology: Yiddish kheyder, from Hebrew ḥedher room
: an elementary Jewish school in which children from about 7 to 13 years of age are taught to read the Pentateuch, the Prayer Book, and other books in Hebrew — compare talmud torah