mender
Americannoun
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menders
plural
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a person or thing that mends.
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a piece of sheet metal that has been imperfectly tinned but that may be retinned to an acceptable standard.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mender
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at mend, -er 1
Example Sentences
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"It's a dying trade," 61-year-old Maria Wade said of her job as a "greasy mender" at Alex Begg, a semi-rural mill that has been based in Ayr in southwest Scotland for more than a century.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
"I have been waiting for this day since 2018. We want change. We want a younger president," said shoe mender Jonathan Darare, 47, who came out early to vote in Kuwadzana.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
Regardless of who else joins what is expected to be a crowded field, Klobuchar will likely run as a fence mender, not a firebrand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2019
If Spiegelman seems especially charitable toward women who may have more self-serving reasons to shade history, this generosity is typical of her, the appointed mender of the frayed matrilineal thread.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2016
“I am old. The doll mender confirmed this. He said as he was mending me that I am at least that. At least one hundred. At least one hundred years old.”
From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo
Neither one of them can be fixed by Marlène or Michel, although both are menders of female psyches: Marlène with creams and lotions, Michel with the aquatic exercise classes he leads at a local spa.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2017
As well as fishermen there were fish driers, fish smokers, fish friers, fish buyers and sellers, net menders, boat builders, and boat repairers.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2015
Servants, sailors, watermen, farm carters, artisans in the building trade, labourers and road menders, forest workers.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2014
In the country house of Britain's Prime Minister the generation of empire menders was at work.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We saw,” stated Bass, “the local glass menders, who joined us right out of school, not only become experts, but marry and raise children.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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