calender
1 of 3verb
cal·en·der ˈka-lən-dər 
calendered; calendering ˈka-lən-d(ə-)riŋ
transitive verb
: to press (cloth, rubber, paper, etc.) between rollers or plates in order to smooth and glaze or to thin into sheets
calenderer
ˈka-lən-dər-ər
noun calender
2 of 3noun (1)
: a machine for calendering something
calender
3 of 3noun (2)
: a member of a Sufic order of wandering mendicant dervishes
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle French calandrer, from calandre machine for calendering, from Vulgar Latin *colendra cylinder, modification of Greek kylindros — more at cylinder
Noun (2)
Persian qalandar
First Known Use
Verb
1513, in the meaning defined above
Noun (1)
1688, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1621, in the meaning defined above