hander

• IPA^(key): /ˈhændə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

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hand (verb) +‎ -er

hander (plural handers)

1. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
   • 1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici

     Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were
     The handers down, can they from thence infer
     A right t'interpret?

hand (noun) +‎ -er

hander (plural handers)

1. (in combinations) Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
   • 2010, Chris Lewit, Tennis Technique Bible, volume One:

     Two-handers generally do not transition to the net as quickly or as often as one-handers. This, to me, however, is just a coaching failure rather than a technical limitation.

2. (archaic, slang) A blow on the hand as punishment.
   • 1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report (page 507)

     I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.

• Harden, Harned, Hendra, harden