"hoarder" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɔɹdɚ/ [General-American], /ˈhoɹdɚ/ [General-American], /ˈhɔːdə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: hoarders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English horder, hordere (“a keeper of a store of goods”), from Old English hordere (“a treasurer, steward, chamberlain”), equivalent to hoard + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|horder}} Middle English horder, {{inh|en|ang|hordere|t=a treasurer, steward, chamberlain}} Old English hordere (“a treasurer, steward, chamberlain”), {{af|en|hoard|-er|id2=agent noun}} hoard + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoarder (plural hoarders)
  1. One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: pack rat Derived forms: compulsive hoarder Related terms: hoardy Translations (one who hoards): acaparador [masculine] (Catalan), acaparadora [feminine] (Catalan), verzamelaar (Dutch), kolektanto (Esperanto), rohmu [pejorative] (Finnish), hamstraaja (Finnish), collectionneur (French), Messie (english: compulsive, pathological) [masculine] (German), אוגר (oger) [masculine] (Hebrew), incettatore [masculine] (Italian), accaparratore [masculine] (Italian), accaparratrice [feminine] (Italian), accumulātor [masculine] (Latin), makitaunu (Maori), kaiwhakapūranga (Maori), ragdaleux [masculine] (Norman), ragoteux [masculine] (Norman), acumulador [masculine] (Portuguese), скопидом (skopidom) [masculine] (Russian), плюшкин (pljuškin) [masculine] (Russian), acumulador [masculine] (Spanish), acumulador compulsivo [masculine] (Spanish), afecto del síndrome de Diógenes [masculine] (Spanish), celciwr [masculine] (Welsh), casglwr [masculine] (Welsh)

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