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Compounder \Com*pound"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a
compounder of medicines.
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2. One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of
agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
"Compounders in politics." --Burke.
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3. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
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Religious houses made compounders
For the horrid actions of their founders.
--Hudibras.
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4. One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the
degree he is to take. [Eng.] --A. Wood.
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5. (Eng. Hist.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of
James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of
guarantees for the security of the civil and
ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
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