jerrymander

English

Etymology 1

Verb

jerrymander (third-person singular simple present jerrymanders, present participle jerrymandering, simple past and past participle jerrymandered)

1. Alternative form of gerrymander

Noun

jerrymander (plural jerrymanders)

1. Alternative form of gerrymander

Etymology 2

Noun

jerrymander (plural jerrymanders)

1. (British, dated) Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae)
   • 1935, Sir John Arthur Thomson, Biology for Everyman, page 367:

     British soldiers in Egypt used to have jerrymander fights, pitting one against another.

   • 1965, J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Desert Life, page 31:

     My Squadron Leader's crew adopted a family of jerboas and my Troop Corporals chose a black, spider-like monster, about 3 in. long with short legs and enormous jaws, which they called a "jerrymander".

   • 2009, Gary R. Mullen, “Solpugids (Solifugae)”, in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, page 401:

     They also are known by the British terms jerrymander and jerrymunglum.