bounder — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Something that bounds or jumps.

2. A dishonourable man; a cad.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Dated

   Examples

   He marvelled anew that Ruth could have cared, as she certainly had, for this fellow. A bounder, and worse than a bounder.

3. A social climber.

4. That which limits; a boundary.

   Examples

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   Let the mountaine Pyrenaeus diuide the French, and Spaniards: and the wildernesse of Sand the Aethiopians, from Aegyptians. And in like manner also be all other Kingdomes: they are bound within their bounders, as it were in bands; and shut-vp within their limits, as it were in prison.

5. A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Colloquial
   • Obsolete

Noun

1. someone who is morally reprehensible

   Synonyms

   cadblackguarddoghoundheel

   Broader terms

   villainscoundrel

   Examples

   you dirty dog

2. someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)

   Synonyms

   leaper

   Broader terms

   jumper