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YIELDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yielder mean?
• YIELDER (noun)
The noun YIELDER has 1 sense:
1. a person who yields or surrenders
Familiarity information: YIELDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who yields or surrenders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
surrenderer; yielder
Hypernyms ("yielder" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
yield (cease opposition; stop fighting)
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