"wedder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wedders [plural]
Etymology: wed + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wed|er}} wed + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} wedder (plural wedders)
  1. A person who marries. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: spouse
    Sense id: en-wedder-en-noun-2FAIR7BD Disambiguation of People: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: wedders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wedder (plural wedders)
  1. (obsolete, regional) Alternative form of wether (“castrated buck goat or ram”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, regional Alternative form of: wether (extra: castrated buck goat or ram)
    Sense id: en-wedder-en-noun--xx5dPir Categories (other): Regional English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wedder meaning in English (3.0kB)

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