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Webster 1913 Edition

(hănd′ẽr)

Noun.

One who hands over or transmits; a conveyer in succession.

Dryden.

Noun.

One who hands or transmits; a conveyer in succession.

See also: händer

hander ‎(plural handers)

One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
(Can we find and add a quotation of John Dryden to this entry?)
(in combinations) 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.

Terms derived from hander

a conveyor in succession