bounder noun5 •(UK, old-fashioned) A dishonourable man; a cad.He marvelled anew that Ruth could have cared, as she certainly had, for this fellow. A bounder, and worse than a bounder. — 1928 •A social climber. •Something that bounds or jumps. •That which limits; a boundary. •(informal, no longer used) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet. formsbounders