bounder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   (dated, British) a dishonorable or ill-bred man; a cad

   That bounder borrowed money and was never seen again.

British slang of the 19th century for an ill-bred man, from bound ('to leap') + -er, perhaps suggesting one who pushes beyond the bounds of decency or bounds about presumptuously. Bound (to leap) is from French bondir.

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