compounder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective composed of more than one part
    compound.
    • compound leaves are composed of several lobes
    • compound flower heads
  2. adjective satellite consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
    compound.
    • soap is a compound substance
    • housetop is a compound word
    • a blackberry is a compound fruit
  3. adjective satellite composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
    colonial; compound.
    • coral is a colonial organism

WordNet

Com*pound"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
  2. One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises. "Compounder in politics." Burke.
  3. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
    Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders. Hudibras.
  4. One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. Eng. A. Wood.
  5. (Eng. Hist.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.

Webster 1913