What does Blinder mean?

Definitions for Blinder
ˈblaɪn dərblind·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. winker, blinker, blindernoun

    blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side

Wiktionary

  1. blindernoun

    Something that blinds

  2. blindernoun

    a bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted

  3. blindernoun

    A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.

  4. blindernoun

    An exceptional performance

    He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.

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  1. blinder

    A blinder is a device or object that prevents someone or something from seeing its surroundings or certain aspects completely. It is often used metaphorically to describe a lack of perception or awareness. In a specific context, blinders are physical flaps worn by horses to keep them focused forward and prevent them from being scared or distracted by surrounding visuals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blindernoun

    one who, or that which, blinds

  2. Blindernoun

    one of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BLINDER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Blinder is ranked #48800 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Blinder surname appeared 432 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Blinder.

    94.9% or 410 total occurrences were White.
    3.2% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blinder in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blinder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Blinder in a Sentence

  1. Victor Hugo:

    Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.

  2. Leon Neal/Getty Images:

    The United Kingdom has played a blinder on vaccinations and we have been among the beneficiaries in the British family of nations.

  3. Isaac Asimov:

    Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today -- but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.

  4. Alan Blinder:

    If I was Alan Blinder, I'd be trying to enlist members of Congress on the side of the The Fed and on the side of the law, if he gets into a knife fight with the White House he wants some members on his side.

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