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wilder definition

wil·der (wil′dər)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to lose or cause to lose one's way
  2. to bewilder or become bewildered

Etymology: prob. < wilderness

Wilder definition

Wil·der (wīl′dər)

  1. Wilder, Billy (born Samuel Wilder) 1906-2002; U.S. film writer & director, born in Austria-Hungary
  2. (wīl′dər)
    Wilder, Laura Ingalls (iŋ′gəlz) (Mrs. Almanzo Wilder) 1867-1957; U.S. author of children's books
  3. (wīld′ər)
    Wilder, Thornton (Niven) (t̸hôrnt′'n) 1897-1975; U.S. novelist & playwright

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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