compounder
/kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From compound + -er.
compounder means A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
noun
- A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)“a compounder of medicines”
- One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.“Compounders in politics.”
- One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.“Religious houses made compounders / For the horrid actions of their founders.”
- One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.“1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses
The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore.”
- A Jacobite who favoured 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.