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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is obvious that the dunderheads in our federal government are incapable of achieving this compromise-without-disgrace. ▪ The dunderheads etc wander in and out picking hungrily at the remains of a beetroot salad.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A stupid person; a dunce
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dunderhead \Dun"der*head`\, n. [Prov. Eng. also dunderpoll, from dunder, same as thunder.] A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. --Beau. & Fl.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce , numskull , blockhead , bonehead , lunkhead , hammerhead , knucklehead , loggerhead , muttonhead , shithead , fuckhead ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from head (n.); the first element is obscure; perhaps from Middle Dutch doner , donder "to thunder" (compare blunderbuss ).
Usage examples of dunderhead.
Provided, of course, that it is not done as a merely academic endeavor, where a bunch of disengaged dunderheads attempt to analyze the signifiers without having a clue as to the actual referents.
Benjamin Bathurst, who, until now, was well-behaved and seemed to take his confinement philosophically, should suddenly make this rash and fatal attempt, unless it was because of those infernal dunderheads of madhouse doctors who have been bothering him.
But the trouble with you, you dunderheaded fool, is that all you understand is legal phrases.
For all I know the dunderheaded brass hats in Cairo may still regard the Colonel as the great white hope for Yugoslavia.
The pirates who've got your friend might be a bunch of primitive dunderheads, but they have the home field advantage, if you know the expression.