rounder

[roun-der]

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noun

a person or thing that rounds something.
a person who makes a round.
a habitual drunkard or wastrel.

(initial capital letter) British. a Methodist minister who travels a circuit among congregations.
rounders, (used with a singular verb) a game somewhat resembling baseball, played in England.
Informal. a boxing match of a specified number of rounds: used in combination: a 15-rounder.

Origin of rounder

First recorded in 1615–25; round¹ + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for rounders

Contemporary Examples of rounders

Rounders is a British girls sport which is a a bit like mini-baseball.
Kate Middleton's School Sport Team Photos Emerge
Tom Sykes
December 3, 2012
John Dahl, who directed Damon in Rounders, had previously done the very memorable The Last Temptation.
The Anti-Glam Leading Man
Richard Rushfield
September 7, 2011
In Rounders, John Malkovich threw himself into the tasking of speaking in a 24-inch thick Russian immigrant tongue.
Stars Who Can't Do Accents
Richard Rushfield
December 9, 2010

Historical Examples of rounders

Rounders longed to be like one of these, but he found it to be impossible.
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein
Frank R. Stockton
But Rounders was Rounders, and I did not allow my irritation to continue.
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein
Frank R. Stockton
She was young and what the rounders call a good-looking chicken.
The Tyranny of Weakness
Charles Neville Buck
I had an idea it came natural to a body, like rounders and touch.
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
"This is a real show," said Rounders, wound up to enthusiasm.
The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877
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British Dictionary definitions for rounders

rounders

noun

(functioning as singular) British a ball game in which players run between posts after hitting the ball, scoring a 'rounder' if they run round all four before the ball is retrieved

rounder

noun

a run round all four bases after one hit in rounders
a tool or machine for rounding edges or surfaces

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Word Origin and History for rounders

rounder

1620s, "a sentinel," agent noun from round (n.) on notion of "one who makes the rounds." Sense of "chronic drunkard or criminal" is from 1854, on notion of one who is habitually in and out of jails or bars. Rounders, a baseball-like game, attested from 1828.