"yielder" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English yeldere",
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        "2": "ȝelder"
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        "3": "ġylda"
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      "expansion": "Old English ġylda",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġilda",
        "t": "one who pays, yielder"
      },
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        "3": "*geldō",
        "t": "payer"
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *geldō (“payer”)",
      "name": "der"
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        "2": "yield",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English yeldere, ȝelder, ȝeldere, continuing (with change of suffix) Old English ġylda, ġilda (“one who pays, yielder”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldō (“payer”). Equivalent to yield + -er.",
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    {
      "form": "yielders",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1903, Charles William Burkett et al., Agriculture for Beginners",
          "text": "Just as with the Irish potato, it is important to know how good a yielder you are planting.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1915, Australia Department of External Affairs, Wheat Growing in Australia",
          "text": "This variety is a very heavy yielder, has good drought-resistant qualities, and withstands wind and weather so well that it may be said to be storm-proof.",
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        "Someone or something that yields a crop or other product."
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          "ref": "1909, Robert Fitzgerald, The Statesmen Snowbound",
          "text": "I am a modest man, sir, and hesitate to talk about myself even among friends; but since you all insist, there is nothing for me to do but yield as gracefully as I may--and as a yielder I glitter in the front rank.",
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        "Someone or something that yields, or gives way."
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          "gives way",
          "give way"
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English yeldere, ȝelder, ȝeldere, continuing (with change of suffix) Old English ġylda, ġilda (“one who pays, yielder”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldō (“payer”). Equivalent to yield + -er.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1915, Australia Department of External Affairs, Wheat Growing in Australia",
          "text": "This variety is a very heavy yielder, has good drought-resistant qualities, and withstands wind and weather so well that it may be said to be storm-proof.",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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