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ROUNDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tool for rounding corners or edges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rounder" is a kind of...):

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

Derivation:

round (make round)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

Synonyms:

debauchee; libertine; rounder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rounder" is a kind of...):

bad person (a person who does harm to others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rounder"):

adulterer; fornicator (someone who commits adultery or fornication)

gigolo (a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman)

blood; profligate; rake; rakehell; rip; roue (a dissolute man in fashionable society)

ladies' man; lady killer; seducer (a man who takes advantage of women)

swinger; tramp (a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex)

debaucher; ravisher; violator (someone who assaults others sexually)

philanderer; womaniser; womanizer (a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them)

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