A person who gads about; someone who wanders aimlessly or is frequently away from home socializing.
Agent noun formed from 'gad' plus the suffix '-er,' meaning 'one who gads.' The term emerged in the 1600s-1700s alongside the verb 'gad.'
A 'gadder' was often the Victorian equivalent of calling someone a 'social butterfly'—but the term had judgmental undertones, especially when applied to women who dared to have their own social lives.
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