boundernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbaʊn.dər/us/ˈbaʊn.dɚ/UK old-fashioneda man who behaves badly or in a way that is not moral, especially in his relationships with women
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Unpleasant men
- badass
- blackguard
- blighter
- bovver boy
- bruiser
- creep
- dog
- git
- lager lout
- lech
- oik
- roughneck
- ruffian
- scoundrel
- sob
- warlock
- white van man
- wide boy
- wise guy
- yob
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Examples from literature
- A man may be a bounder, however, without being a criminal.
- I've been such a bounder to him in the past.
- Lady Ban is awful—a bounder in petticoats.
- She knew that men deemed him a bounder.
- The bounder ought to be in jail instead of giving dinner-parties.