blinder Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
   winker; blinker.
   
2. adjective unable to see
   blind; unsighted.
   
   • a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
3. adjective satellite unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
   blind.
   
   • blind to a lover's faults
   • blind to the consequences of their actions
4. adjective satellite not based on reason or evidence
   blind; unreasoning.
   
   • blind hatred
   • blind faith
   • unreasoning panic

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