'Compounder' definitions:

Definition of 'Compounder'

From: GCIDE
  • Compounder \Com*pound"er\, n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises. "Compounders in politics." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime. [1913 Webster]
  • Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. [Eng.] --A. Wood. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Eng. Hist.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. [1913 Webster]