Hounder
/ˈhaʊn.dər/noun
A person or thing that hounds, pursues, or harasses persistently.
Did you know?Hound ultimately belongs to the same ancient dog-word family as canine and cynic, whose Greek ancestor literally meant “dog-like.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱwṓn
“Dog; the reconstructed ancestral word behind many later terms for dog”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hundaz
“Dog or hound”
Old English
Old English
hund
“Dog, especially a hunting dog”
Middle English
English
hound
“A dog trained for hunting; later, a person who pursues relentlessly”
Modern English
English
hounder
“One who hounds or persistently pursues”