Mendowre

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who fixes, repairs, or restores damaged objects, especially in the Middle English sense of a craftsman who mends
2. Someone whose work consists of putting broken or worn items back into good order through skilled repair
3. A mender, a craftsman who restores and corrects things that have fallen into disrepair or been damaged

Etymology: "Mendowre" appears to be a rare Middle English spelling of a word for one who mends or corrects, probably a variant of "mendour." The "-our" ending is the Anglo-French agent suffix, the same one found in words like "governour" and "tutour," so the form marks a person doing an action. The verb behind it is Old French "amender," meaning to improve or repair, which came from Latin "emendare," literally "to free from fault," built from "e-" (out) and "menda" (fault). The Latin root also gave English "amend" and "emend," which keeps the sense of correcting an error.