Home › Words › M › muckendermuckender/ˈmʌk.ɪn.də/muckender means A handkerchief.muckender is pronounced /ˈmʌk.ɪn.də/.EtymologyInherited from Middle English mokadour, from Old Occitan mocador. For the development of excrescent /n/, compare harbinger, passenger.nounA handkerchief.e.g.“For the dull muse a muckender were fit / To wipe the slav'rings of her infant wit, / Which, though 'tis late, if justice could be found, / Should like blind, new-born puppies yet be drown'd.” — 1979, Charles Sackville, “On Mr. Edward Howard upon his "New Utopia"”, in Brice Harris, editor, The Poems of Charles Sackville, Sixth Earl of Dorset, pages 16—17, lines 31—34:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mouchoir 68% match — A handkerchief. vs muckender →snotrag 67% match — A handkerchief. vs muckender →handkerchiefless 64% match — Without a handkerchief or handkerchieves. vs muckender →muckmidden 60% match — A dunghill. vs muckender →mumper 59% match — A beggar. vs muckender →muckle 58% match — A great amount. vs muckender →neckercher 58% match — A neckerchief. vs muckender →muckerish 58% match — Characteristic of a mucker; low and vulgar. vs muckender →