lander

See also: Lander, länder, Landër, and Länder

English

Etymology

land +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlandə/
  • Hyphenation: land‧er

Noun

lander (plural landers)

  1. One who lands, or who lands something.
    • 1997, Northern Scotland (volumes 17-18, page 94)
      The Faroese have been important landers of fish at Aberdeen for decades.
  2. A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
  3. (mining) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
  4. (slang) An illegal immigrant.

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

lander

  1. present of lande

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lander

  1. present of lande
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