[A wrong formation from Norweg. bonde, pl. bönder.] A Norwegian peasant farmer or petty freeholder. Bonderman.
1848. Fraser’s Mag., XXXVIII. 182. On the white-scoured deal floors of the bonder’s house.
1856. Emerson, Eng. Traits, iv. 63. The ‘Heimskringla’ … is the Iliad and Odyssey of English history. The actors are bonders or landholders, every one of whom is named.
1870. Morris, Earthly Par., II. III. 81. Knight, or fair lord … If thou mayst share a bonder’s feast, Sit by me.
1804. N. Brit. Rev., No. 80. 425. So the Norwegian Olaf … forced his lendermen and bondermen … to overthrow the temples.
