n. One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a “colored” mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a European herb (Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb.
Syn. -- Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC).
Syn. -- Alexander the Great [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. same as Alexander[ wn1 ]; Smyrnium olusatrum.
Syn. -- Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria. ] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A backhanded blow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One banded with others. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., dim. of bandera banner. See Banner, and cf. Banderole. ] A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] One who thrusts in the banderillas in bullfighting. W. D. Howells. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. banderole, dim. of bandière, bannière, banner; cf. It. banderuola a little banner. See Banner. ] A little banner, flag, or streamer. [ Written also bannerol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Berg, for burrow + gander a male goose? Cf. G. bergente, Dan. gravgaas. ] (Zool.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. bijlander; bij by + land land, country. ] (Naut.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep
Along the coast, and land in view to keep? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bergander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gridiron. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bilander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ By + stander, equiv. to stander-by; cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near. ] One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. [ 1913 Webster ]

He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quæsita. Called also Coromandel wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. colans, -antis, p. pr. of colare to filter, to strain, fr. colum a strainer. Cf. Cullis, Culvert. ] A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender. ] 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The chief officer of a commandery. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.

Syn. -- See Chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a commander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Commanderies [ F. commanderie. ] 1. The office or rank of a commander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [ R. ] Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coriandrum, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, perh. fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bug, on account of the buglike or fetid smell of its leaves: cf. F. coriandre. ] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted from dandruff. ] 1. Dandruff or scurf on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anger or vexation; rage. [ Low ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Dandle. ] To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who demands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Slander. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander. ] To slander. [ Obs. ] Legend of Dido. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slanderous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dittany. ] (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Filanders.

n. (Zool.) A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread. ] (Falconry) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Finland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. gander, ganter, and E. goose, gannet. See Goose. ] The male of any species of goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. germaunder, F. germandrée, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.&unr_;; &unr_; on the earth or ground + &unr_; tree. See Humble, and Tree. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamædrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

American germander, Teucrium Canadense. --
Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis. --
Water germander, Teucrium Scordium. --
Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering. ] To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [ Political Cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his influence, hence the name; though it is now known that he was opposed to the measure. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu&unr_;att. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gland. ] (Far.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser. ] (Zool.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gormand, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A native of Greenland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gynandrian. ] (Bot.) A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a soldier in a Scottish Highland regiment. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland. [ wns=2 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]