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Added 9 October 2026

lander

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about lander at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A town in central Wyoming.
A space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet.

Origin

From land (noun) + -er. Compare Old English landwaru (“the people of a country”).

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