ender

noun — 2 senses

ender

noun

US /ˈɛndə(ɹ)/

Etymology From Middle English endere, ender; equivalent to end (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).

1

Something which ends another thing.

The papal paragraph quoted at the outset of this essay is a starting point for some future intervention, not an argument ender that anyone in Silicon Valley is likely to accept.2026 May 27, Ross Douthat, “Pope Leo’s A.I. Vision Might Not Be Strange Enough”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Derived terms: table-ender

ender

noun

Etymology From end (noun) + -er (relational noun suffix).

1

A maneuver in which one uses the pressure of a wave to flip one's kayak end over end.

Related terms: bitter-ender, dead-ender, double-ender, nose-ender, open-ender, rear-ender, tail-ender

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