sanders

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsɑːndəz/
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/ˈsɑːndəz/ · /ˈsændəɹz/

Definition of sanders

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of sander
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of sander
  2. (obsolete, uncountable)sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname originating as a patronymic
    “U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.”
  2. (countable, rare, uncountable)A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
  4. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
  5. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
  6. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
  7. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:

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Etymology

From Middle English saundres (“sandalwood”), from Old French sandre, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).

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