Meaning

4 senses
  1. One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates, or annuls.

  2. A tray or basket formerly used to receive or convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc.

  3. (historical)A contrivance in armour for covering an unprotected part of the body; a gousset.

    a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate

  4. (historical, rare)A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a table after a meal.

Origin

From Middle English voider, equivalent to void + -er.

From Middle English voider, equivalent to void + -er.

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Forms

plural: voiders
Singularvoider
Pluralvoiders

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedvoid

See also

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