Blinder

Definition: Blinder

Blinder

Noun

1. Blind consisting of a leather eye-patch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side.

Date "blinder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1734. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Blinder

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Small-mesh lining for codend. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Blinder

Synonyms: blinker (n), winker (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Blinder

English words defined with "blinder": Eyeflap. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Blinder" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (armour, harden, plate, reinforce, toughen), German (blind, blind man, sightless person), Welsh (trouble, weariness).

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Modern Usage: Blinder

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Blinder Eifer schadet nur (1938)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Blinder

Domain	Title
Books	Aspekte der Entwicklung taktil-kinaesthetischer Wahrnehmung : eine Vergleichsuntersuchung zwischen einer Gruppe sehender und blinder Kinder im Alter von 10 bis 16 Jahren im taktilen Formerkennen und im vibrotaktilen sukzessiven Mustererkennen (reference) Die Neukonzeption des Sozialhilferechtes und die Situation blinder Menschen : Gutachten vorgelegt im Auftr. d. Dt. Blindenverb. Bonn-Bad Godesberg (reference) Ein blinder Bildhauer, der Mainzer Jakob Schmitt (reference) Farbvorstellungen blinder Menschen (reference) Fontanes Wortkunst: Von "Angstmeierschaft" Bis "Zivil-Wallenstein"--Ein Blinder Fleck Der Realismusforschung (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Blinder

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Wo kann denn ein Blinder bloss leben, den die Bienen standig verfolgen?.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Blinder

"Blinder" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 79.55% of the time. "Blinder" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (comparative)	79.55%	35	58,339
Noun (proper)	11.36%	5	157,705
Noun (singular)	9.09%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	44	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Blinder

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
blinder	30
belle beyer blinder	9
blinder horse	8
blinder m 10	4
blinder frog in	4
blinder pheasant	4
blinder m 20	3
blinder laser jammer	3
22 blinder tu	3
alan blinder	3
blinder m 10 twin	3
blinder laserjammer	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Blinder

Language		Translations for "blinder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		马眼罩. (various references)

Danish		indvendig fangstpose(blinder). (various references)

Dutch		blinder, binnenkuil. (various references)

French		chaussette, �"illère. (various references)

German		Innensteert. (various references)

Greek		παρωπίδα (blinker, blinkers), τυφλωτήσ. (various references)

Italian		fodera (cover, lining, slipcover). (various references)

Pig Latin		inderblay

Portuguese		forra (chafer, chafing gear, false belly). (various references)

Spanish		anteojera (blinker). (various references)

Thai		แสนจะสนุกสนาน (blinding), สิ่งที่�"ีเยี่ยมในกีฬา. (various references)

Turkish		görüşü engelleyen şey. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Blinder

Derivations
	Words beginning with "blinder": blinders. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Blinder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Balandier, blanda, blenden, blendor, blidah, blinde, blindes, blindr, blunden, blynde, bolinder, clyndwr, flinder, inder, linder. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Blinder"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "blinder" (pronounced blī"nder)
4	-ī" n d er	binder, finder, grinder, kinder, minder, Pinder, reminder.
3	-n d er	Alexander, asunder, attainder, auslander, Bander, bartender, bender, blander, blender, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, contender, coriander, cylinder, defender, Ender, engender, extender, Fender, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gender, gerrymander, grander, highlander, hinder, islander, Lander, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, meander, offender, oleander, pander, pathfinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, render, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, sender, Sidewinder, slander, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, Stander, sunder, surrender, suspender, tender, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, vendor, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder, Zander.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Blinder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: brindle.
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-l-n-r"
	-1 letter: berlin, binder, bindle, birled, bridle, brined, inbred, rebind.
	-2 letters: bider, bield, birle, blend, blind, bride, brine, diner, idler, liber, lined, liner, rebid, riled.
	-3 letters: bend, bide, bier, bile, bind, bine, bird, birl, bled, blin, bred, bren, brie, brin, deil, deli, deni, diel, dine, dire, dirl, drib, idle, ired, lend, lied, lien, lier, line.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-l-n-r"
	+1 letter: bilander, blinders, brindled, brindles, linebred, rendible, unbridle.
	+2 letters: bandolier, bilanders, blinkered, breadline, drinkable, unbridled, unbridles, unridable.
	+3 letters: banderilla, bandoliers, begirdling, biliverdin, blandisher, blundering, borderline, breadlines, brownfield, debonairly, drinkables, incredible, incredibly, linerboard, mindblower, panbroiled, reblending, rebuilding, redoubling, timberland, unlimbered.
	+4 letters: banderillas, bedraggling, bedriveling, besprinkled, bewildering, biliverdins, blandishers, blueprinted, borderlines, brownfields, cinderblock, dingleberry, discernable, discernible, discernibly, hornblendic, lamebrained, linerboards, mindblowers, spellbinder, timberlands, undesirable, undesirably, undrinkable, unliberated.
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