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-er
1- a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor ( hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner ), or from their place of origin or abode ( Icelander; southerner; villager ), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance ( six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner ).
- a suffix serving as the regular English formative of agent nouns, being attached to verbs of any origin ( bearer; creeper; employer; harvester; teacher; theorizer ).
E.R.
2abbreviation for
- King Edward.
-er
3- a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French in the Middle English period, most often names of occupations ( archer; butcher; butler; carpenter; grocer; mariner; officer ), but also other nouns ( corner; danger; primer ). Some historical instances of this suffix, as in banker or gardener, where the base is a recognizable modern English word, are now indistinguishable from denominal formations with -er1, as miller or potter.
E.R.
4abbreviation for
- Queen Elizabeth.
-er
5- a termination of nouns denoting action or process: dinner; rejoinder; remainder; trover .
E.R.
6abbreviation for
- East Riding (Yorkshire).
- East River (New York City).
-er
7- a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adjectives: harder; smaller .
-er
8- a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adverbs: faster .
-er
9- a formal element appearing in verbs having frequentative meaning: flicker; flutter; shiver; shudder .
-er
10- a suffix that creates informal or jocular mutations of more neutral words, which are typically clipped to a single syllable if polysyllabic, before application of the suffix, and which sometimes undergo other phonetic alterations: bed-sitter; footer; fresher; rugger . Most words formed thus have been limited to English public-school and university slang; few, if any, have become current in North America, with the exception of soccer, which has also lost its earlier informal character.
er
11[ uh, er ]
interjection
- (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.)
Er
12- erbium.
ER
13abbreviation for
- Baseball. earned run ( def ).
- efficiency report.
-er
1suffix
- forming the comparative degree of adjectives ( deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs ( faster, slower, etc)
er
2the internet domain name for
- Eritrea
ER
3abbreviation for
- (in the US) Emergency Room (in hospitals)
- Elizabeth Regina
- Eduardus Rex
er
4/ ə; ɜː /
interjection
- a sound made when hesitating in speech
Er
5the chemical symbol for
- erbium
-er
6suffix forming nouns
- a person or thing that performs a specified action
decanter
reader
lighter
- a person engaged in a profession, occupation, etc
bootlegger
baker
writer
- a native or inhabitant of
Londoner
villager
islander
- a person or thing having a certain characteristic
fiver
newcomer
double-decker
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
That’s a stark shift from Splash Mountain, with its villainous fox and bear-hunting Br’er Rabbit.
After a series of recent corruption scandals that have so far sent two local elected officials to prison, voters backed Charter Amendment ER to strengthen the Ethics Commission.
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
Charter Amendment ER, a plan to strengthen the power of the City Ethics Commission, was also ahead in early returns.
“This is the end of gerrymandering in Los Angeles and it’s the beginning of a new era of focusing on ethics and a more robust democracy,” said Krekorian, who worked to get DD, ER and several other measures on the ballot.
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