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Hedger   /hˈɛdʒər/   Listen
Hedger

noun
1.
A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer.  Synonyms: equivocator, tergiversator.
2.
Someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss.
3.
A gardener who takes care of and trims hedges.





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"Hedger" Quotes from Famous Books



... such I saw, what time the labour'd Oxe In his loose traces from the furrow came, And the swink't hedger at his Supper sate; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots, Their port was more then human, as they stood; I took it for a faery vision Of som gay creatures of the element ...
— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton


Words linked to "Hedger" :   respondent, responder, answerer, plunger, speculator, gardener, hedge


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