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noun
Compounder  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
2.
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises. "Compounders in politics."
3.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime. "Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders."
4.
One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. (Eng.)
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.






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"Compounder" Quotes from Famous Books



... and who is Cato? Shade of Rome's patriot and sage, anger not! for Cato is a great man, foremost amongst cullers of mint, whether for julep or hail-storm; second to no man as a compounder of cock-tail, and such a hand at ...
— Impressions of America - During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. • Tyrone Power

... grave, trustworthy, and efficient. There was Emily, a dignified personage, portly and composed, an excellent and faithful woman and a good manager, unfailingly kind to us little folks, a wondrously skilful compounder of pies, cakes, and gingerbreads. She was wont to wear a white turban or similar head-dress of wreathed draperies; and often, with serious face, she puzzled me, and silenced my childish inquiries about the ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 • Various



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