wound
noun
an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
wounder
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a word derived from
wound.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes Ms. Tweeddale is the wounder here, like on “No Spare Key,” about letting a lover down and paying the price.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2014
He said, and o'er high Œté tortur'd rov'd Like a mad tiger, when the hunter's dart Stands in his body, and the wounder flies.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
The wound would not close, and an oracle told Telephus "the wounder shall heal."
From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray
I wounder if any of these would fit; one might just try them, but I wouldn't lift up the lid if they did.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Mary Lamb
Many a wound of friendship heals, but the wounder and the wounded are never the same to each other afterward.
From The Mettle of the Pasture by James Lane Allen
