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From abound +‎ -er.

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abounder (plural abounders)

  1. Often followed by in: one who abounds in something; one who has plenty. [from mid 18th c.]
    • 1755, [Edward Young], “Letter III. On Pleasure.”, in The Centaur Not Fabulous. [], London: [] A[ndrew] Millar []; [a]nd R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley [], →OCLC, page 168:
      Say, ye ſtrangers to Care, and abounders in Mirth! vvhat vvill he do, vvhen he finds himſelf ſtill ſubſiſting in a ſtate, vvhere none of thoſe Pleaſures, for vvhich alone he vviſh'd to ſubſiſt, can poſſibly any longer ſubſiſt vvith him?
    • 1876, Robert Browning, “Pisgah-Sights. 2.”, in Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., [], →OCLC, stanza 5, page 81:
      Wanters, abounders, / March, in gay mixture, / Men, my surrounders! / I am the fixture.
    • 1895 January, “XVI. Hrothgar Giveth Gifts to Beowulf.”, in William Morris, A[lfred] J[ohn] Wyatt, transl., The Tale of Beowulf, Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats, new edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Co. [], published August 1898, →OCLC, page 58:
      Then bow’d unto bench there the abounders in riches / And were fain of their fill.

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