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  pounder

  noun

  a person or thing that pounds, pulverizes, or beats.
• -pounder
  -pounder

  noun

  something weighing a specified number of pounds

pounder

¹ American  

[poun-der] / ˈpaʊn dər /

noun

1. a person or thing that pounds, pulverizes, or beats.

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pounder ² American  

[poun-der] / ˈpaʊn dər /

noun

1. a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds (often used in combination).

   He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder.

2. a gun that discharges a missile of a specified weight in pounds.

   a ten-pounder.

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-pounder British  

/ ˈpaʊndə /

noun

1. something weighing a specified number of pounds

   a 200-pounder

2. something worth a specified number of pounds

   a ten-pounder

3. a gun that discharges a shell weighing a specified number of pounds

   a two-pounder

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Etymology

Origin of pounder¹

before 1050; Old English pūnere pestle (not found in ME); see pound ¹, -er ¹

Origin of pounder²

First recorded in 1635–45; pound ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Also on June 23, Grand Central Publishing will release a new audio edition of “Kindred,” read by the “Avatar” franchise’s CCH Pounder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

He also doesn’t think the Big Arch will significantly cannibalize sales of other popular burgers, such as the Quarter Pounder and Big Mac.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

While flying to a campaign event, according to Gruters, Trump consumed french fries, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger, a Big Mac and a Filet-O-Fish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Quarter Pounder hamburgers — a McDonald’s classic — were also temporarily unavailable across Colorado, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming, and at select restaurants in parts of Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2025

I said to Rondell as he ripped open his second Quarter Pounder.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña