'Pounder' definitions:

Definition of 'pounder'

(from WordNet)
noun
(used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds; "the fisherman caught a 10-pounder"; "their linemen are all 300-pounders"
noun
A heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: pestle, muller, pounder]

Definition of 'Pounder'

From: GCIDE
  • Pounder \Pound"er\, n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder. [1913 Webster]

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