biddern.
/ˈbɪdə/, U.S. /ˈbɪdər/ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar
beggara1250
bidder1362
mendinantc1395
mendivaunt1395
craver1406
thigger1424
gangrela1450
mendicant1474
mendiant1483
eremite1495
Lazarus?a1513
truandals1523
bellyterc1540
clapperdudgeon1567
beggar-man1608
maunder1609
maunderer1611
Abraham cove1612
eleemosynary1643
mumpera1652
jockey1685
progger1685
asker1708
thigster1710
prog1828
shooler1830
cadger1851
panhandler1893
Weary Willie1896
schlepper1901
plinger1904
peg-legger1915
tapper1930
clochard1940
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman Prol. 40 Bidders [v.r. bydderes] and Beggers · faste a-boute eoden.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 61 Beggers and bydders beþ nat in [þat] bulle.
2. One who commands or orders.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > one who commands
bidder1340
commanderc1386
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3679 Onence þe bidder it standes in nede.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A bidder, commandeur.
3. One who invites, or delivers an invitation.
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > invitation > [noun] > inviter
bidder1548
invitera1586
invitant1608
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xxii. f. 4 They agayne neglected the bidder.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 205 On the Bidder's Part every Circumstance conspires to magnify his Condescension.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby To the burying the parish clerk was the usual Bidder.
4. One who makes an offer for a thing, esp. at a public auction; also figurative. (The usual sense.)
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society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] > bidder
cheaper1539
cheapener1633
bidder1685
offerer1868
1685 London Gaz. No. 2050/4 The Bidder to advance 6d. per Gross upon each bidding.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3832/4 To be sold to the highest Bidder.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋5 This over-stock of Beauty, for which there are so few Bidders.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 109 The Roman world was to be disposed of to the best bidder by public auction.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §5. 203 The Universities will be the only bidders for such eminent qualities.
5. Cards. One who makes a bid (see bid n. 2) (see also quot. 1908). Cf. declarer n. 3b.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-player > bidder
bidder1880
1880 ‘Trumps’ Amer. Hoyle 230 The bidder may at his option call for a lead of any suit from the player whose proper lead it is.
1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 271 The hands are usually abandoned when the bidder succeeds in his undertaking.
1908 L. Hoffmann Five Hundred 14 The player who has bid highest is thenceforth known as ‘the bidder’ for that hand.
1929 M. C. Work Compl. Contract Bridge ii. 9 The exact strength of the bidder's hand is of vital importance.
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