brander

See also: Brander and bränder

English

Etymology

brand + -er

Noun

brander (plural branders)

  1. A person who brands.
  2. An implement used to brand something; a branding iron.

Verb

brander (third-person singular simple present branders, present participle brandering, simple past and past participle brandered)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To cook (meat, etc.) on a gridiron.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

Probably related to branding. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brander (plural branders)

  1. breaker (wave near the shore or a shallow area)

Derived terms

  • branderplank

Dutch

Etymology

From branden + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑn.dər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bran‧der
  • Rhymes: -ɑndər

Noun

brander m (plural branders, diminutive brandertje n)

  1. A receptacle in which a fuel or candle is placed to be burnt.
  2. blowtorch
  3. (nautical) fireship [from 17th c.]
    • P.C. Hooft, Nederlandsche Historien, Book XXII, in W. Hellinga en P. Tuynman (eds.), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Alle de gedrukte werken, 1611-1738, vol. 5, page 968.
      Treslong, hebbende, korts te voore, met den Heere van Warmondt, Ammiraal van Hollandt, en de Scheepshopluiden der vloote by den Doel, zeekeren aanslagh, tot bevryding der Schelde, beraamt, verzocht drie oft vier lichte scheepen van oorlogh, om te dienen tot geleiders aan die van Antwerpen; twintigh schouwen elk met acht roeyers, om volk te landen; drie galeyen, elke van vyftigh voeten kiels, om op de stroom en elders gebruikt te worden; eenighe branders, om 't maaken van 's vyands brug te verhinderen, vier boots die tot Vlissinge laaghen; voorts etlyke bylen, voorhaamers, spaaden, en andre behoeften.
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    Synonym: brandschip

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brandr, from Proto-Germanic *brandaz.

Noun

brander m

  1. fire, conflagration
  2. sword

Declension

Descendants

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