calender

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verb

cal·​en·​der ˈka-lən-dər 

calendered; calendering ˈka-lən-d(ə-)riŋ 

transitive verb

: to press (cloth, rubber, paper, etc.) between rollers or plates in order to smooth and glaze or to thin into sheets

calenderer

ˈka-lən-dər-ər 

noun

calender

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noun (1)

: a machine for calendering something

calender

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noun (2)

: a member of a Sufic order of wandering mendicant dervishes

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle French calandrer, from calandre machine for calendering, from Vulgar Latin *colendra cylinder, modification of Greek kylindros — more at cylinder

Noun (2)

Persian qalandar

First Known Use

Verb

1513, in the meaning defined above

Noun (1)

1688, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1621, in the meaning defined above