Calender Definition

kălən-dər
calenders
noun
A machine with rollers between which paper, cloth, etc. is run, as to give it a smooth or glossy finish.
Webster's New World
A member of an order of wandering dervishes among the Sufis.
Webster's New World

Common misspelling of calendar.

Wiktionary

One who pursues the business of calendering.

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verb
To process (paper, cloth, etc.) in a calender.
Webster's New World
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in the homonymous machine.
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Other Word Forms of Calender

Noun

Singular:
calender
Plural:
calenders

Origin of Calender

  • From Persian قلندر (qalandar, “wandering dervish”), from Arabic قلندار (qalandār, “wandering dervish”), itself from Persian کلندر (kalandar, “uncouth man”), from کلند (kaland, “rough, unshaven”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French calandre from Vulgar Latin colendra alteration (possibly influenced by Latin columna column) of Latin cylindrus roller cylinder

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French calandre, from Late Latin calendra, altered from Latin cylindrus (“cylinder”), from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kulindros).

    From Wiktionary

  • This spelling calendar was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the chronological senses from the machine calender

    From Wiktionary

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