"carder" meaning in English

See carder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑɹ.dɚ/ [US] Audio: En-us-carder.ogg , En-uk-carder.ogg Forms: carders [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ) Etymology: From card + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|card|er|id2=agent noun}} card + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} carder (plural carders)
  1. A person employed to card wool. Translations (person employed to card wool): cardador [masculine] (Catalan), karstaaja (Finnish), battilana [historical, masculine] (Italian), vlnotepec [masculine] (Old Czech), حلاج (hallâj) (Persian), پنبهزن (panbe-zan) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-carder-en-noun-s7h1d8Lo Disambiguation of 'person employed to card wool': 77 1 4 18
  2. A carding machine. Translations (machine): karstauskone (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-carder-en-noun-cLLjZbQN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Old Czech translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 57 19 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 3 61 16 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 79 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 58 18 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 59 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 69 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 75 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 70 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Czech translations: 3 72 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 15 51 11 23 Disambiguation of 'machine': 0 100 0 0
  3. A criminal who steals information from credit cards.
    Sense id: en-carder-en-noun-5qe8FxFG Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 49 51
  4. (slang) A person who distributes tart cards. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-carder-en-noun-r4JCvDI- Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carder bee, common carder bee

Inflected forms

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        "(slang) A person who distributes tart cards."
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      "homophone": "carter (t-flapping)"
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      "word": "cardador"
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      "sense": "person employed to card wool",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "حلاج"
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      "sense": "machine",
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