arch. [f. BAND v. + -ER1.] One who bands or leagues; a confederate.
1563. Myrr. Mag., Somerset, xxiv. Theyr banders to elect.
1591. Percivall, Span. Dict., Vandolero, a bander, he that followeth a faction.
1649. Bp. Guthry, Mem. (1702), 77. So many of the Banders as happen’d to be at home at that time, were cited to appear.
1820. Scott, Abbot, xx. The lords who have become banders in the west.
