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Definition: Pardoner |
PardonerNoun1. A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense. 2. A medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pardoner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: PardonerSynonyms: excuser (n), forgiver (n). (additional references) |
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| "Pardoner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Pardoner" is used about 6 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
pardoner tale | 29 |
pardoner | 3 |
pardoner summary tale | 3 |
chaucer pardoner tale | 3 |
in irony pardoner tale | 2 |
the pardoner prologue and tale | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pardoner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shitës indulgjencash, njeri që fal. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | монах-продавач на индулгенции. (various references) | |
Finnish | anekauppias. (various references) | |
Greek | συγχωρών (condoner, forgiver, remitter). (various references) | |
Hebrew | סלחן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | bűnbocsánatárus. (various references) | |
Manx | pardooneyder, maihder (absolver, forgiver), leihder (forgiver). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ardonerpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | perdoador, aquele que perdoa. (various references) | |
Romanian | vânzãtor de indulgenţe. (various references) | |
Russian | продавец индульгенций. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oprostitelj. (various references) | |
Spanish | perdonador (forgiving), vendedor de indulgencias. (various references) | |
Swedish | avlatskrämare (seller of indulgences). (various references) | |
Turkish | günahları para ile affeden kimse. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | продавець індульгенцій. (various references) | |
Welsh | maddeuwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pardoner": pardoners. (additional references) | |
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"Pardoner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Padome, padrona, Pardini, parone, partener, Perdonnet, Perdono, Pradena, Pradier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pardoner" (pronounced 'Par"don*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-o-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: adorner, aproned, eardrop, operand, padrone, pandore, pardner, readorn. | |
-2 letters: adorer, darner, dorper, draper, droner, errand, pander, pardon, parred, perron, ponder, repand, roared. | |
-3 letters: adore, adorn, anode, apron, ardor, arpen, darer, denar, doper, drape, drear, drone, oared, opera, order, oread, padre, paeon, paned, pared, pareo, parer, pedro, pored, prone, radon, raped, raper, rared, redan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n-o-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: pardoners, preordain. | |
+2 letters: preordains, promenader, ropedancer. | |
+3 letters: copartnered, madreporian, preordained, promenaders, ropedancers, transponder, transported. | |
+4 letters: antipredator, deprograming, draftsperson, incorporated, madreporians, perichondral, perichondria, preordaining, preponderant, preponderate, proofreading, transponders, unprogrammed. | |
+5 letters: antipredators, cotransported, deprogramming, draftspersons, intercompared, overspreading, predestinator, preordainment, preordination, preponderance, preponderancy, preponderated, preponderates, propagandizer, reapportioned, repartitioned, superordinate, trapezohedron. | |
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