bounder

Meaning

  1. Something that bounds or jumps.
  2. A dishonourable man; a cad.
  3. A social climber.
  4. That which limits; a boundary.
  5. (colloquial,obsolete) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet

Etymology

From bound + -er. In the case of 2. below from the Hindi word "bandar" meaning a monkey, via Anglo-Indian.

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