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rounder (ro̵undər)

noun

  1. Obsolete a person who makes a round or rounds, as a watchman
  2. a person or thing that rounds; specif., a tool for rounding corners or edges
  3. a British game somewhat like baseball
  4. Etymology: from the idea of making the rounds of bars, etc.

    Informal a dissolute person or drunkard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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