Definition of "compounder" [com•pound•er]

• A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result) (noun)
• One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises. (noun)
• One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime. (noun)
• One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. (noun)
• A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. (noun)

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• ""They forget," said he, "that, first and foremost, the compounder is a medicine-man."
• "The suspect this time is Krishna (a compounder working in Dr. Talwar's Clinic in Noida)."
• "(NYSE) fell 1, or 13%, to 6.70, after the Cleveland plastics compounder and resins distributor cut its forecast for second-half sales growth, citing lower demand in Europe, a weaker euro and "more challenging than expected" demand and pricing trends in the North American housing and auto markets."