01 n. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
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One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
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One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
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3.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.“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.]
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5.
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.(Eng. Hist.)