sendern.
/ˈsɛndə/, U.S. /ˈsɛndər/ a. One who or something which sends (in the various senses of the verb).
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the world > movement > transference > sending > [noun] > one who or that which
senderc1200
dispatcher1549
frosender-
society > travel > transport > [noun] > causing to be conveyed or sending > sender
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c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 111 Eft sone he is sendere of alle holie heten.
1587 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 115 The bringers and senders thereof.
1642 T. Goodwin Heart of Christ ii. i. 65 in Christ set Forth The Sender and Bestower of the holy Ghost.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 852 If I must contend,..Best with the best, the Sender not the sent. View more context for this quotation
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 5 The Gift sent, was not suited to the Prophet so much as to the Sender; he gave as a King.
1885 Manch. Examiner 16 Sept. 5/2 The sender of a telegraph message has hence~forth to bear in mind..that [etc.].
1908 Q. Rev. Oct. 303 The countries which are large senders of produce to our markets.
b. One who signals a message.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > [noun] > person who
signalist1834
signaller1845
fuglewoman1868
sender1904
1904 Army Signalling Regul. 123 The Sender..will pay attention to his heliograph, lamp or flag... He will send each word or group as ordered by the caller.
c. The transmitting instrument of a telephone or telegraphic apparatus. = transmitter n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > transmission > transmitter
transmitter1844
sender1879
magneto-transmitter1890
1879 tr. T. A. L. Du Moncel Telephone 128 Its primary wire is traversed by a current from the local battery, and so also is the sender.
1906 G. Eichhorn Wireless Telegr. vi. 36 Closely-coupled Sender and Receiver.
d. One who or that which moves or enthrals, esp. a popular musician. Also in solid sender (cf. solid adj. 20). Cf. send v.1 2c slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > pop musician
poppite1895
pop star1922
sender1935
popster1963
the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > thrill of > thing or person causing > esp. in popular entertainment
heartthrob1929
sender1935
1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 38/1 None of these plates will be senders.
1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 71/3 Hot artists or bands that can put across their licks successfully are ‘senders’.
1938 Metronome Apr. 26/2 A really solid sender is the third record from the right in my collection.
1938 Amer. Speech 13 314/2 Sender, one who is extremely well-dressed or witty.
1954 L. Armstrong Satchmo viii. 126 Life can be such a drag one minute and a solid sender the next.
1960 Spectator 7 Oct. 523 Fabian, the teenagers' sender, indistinguishable from Cliff Richards.
1978 G. Vidal Kalki vi. 147 Arlene was addicted to the slang of her youth. ‘A solid sender!’ she added, nicely dating herself to World War II during which she entertained the troops.
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