"Bender" meaning in English

See Bender in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From bender; the name was given to someone who bent things. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bender
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Bender-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Bendery [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bender
  1. A city and municipality of Moldova, under de-facto control of Transnistria. Categories (place): Cities in Moldova, Municipalities of Moldova, Places in Moldova Synonyms: Tighina Translations (A city and a municipality of Moldova): Bender (Gagauz), Bendery (Polish), Bender (Romanian), Tighina (Romanian), Бендер (Bender) [Cyrillic] (Romanian), Тигина (Tighina) [Cyrillic] (Romanian), Бенде́ры (Bendéry) (Russian), Bendery (Slovak), Бенде́ри (Bendéry) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Bender-en-name-CoJ4DGI8 Categories (other): Bender, Moldova, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Gagauz translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 7 16 32 32 3 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 20 28 28 2 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Gagauz translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        ],
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          "Transnistria"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "Tighina"
        }
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      "sense": "A city and a municipality of Moldova",
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    },
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "roman": "Bendéry",
      "sense": "A city and a municipality of Moldova",
      "word": "Бенде́ри"
    }
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