# plodder

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A person who, or animal that, plods.
2. A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.
3. A machine for extruding soap, margarine, etc. through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.

## Etymology
From Middle English plodder, equivalent to plod + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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