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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 origen 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 origen ( 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
1abbreviation for
- (in the US) Emergency Room (in hospitals)
- Elizabeth Regina
- Eduardus Rex
Er
2the chemical symbol for
- erbium
er
3/ ə; ɜː /
interjection
- a sound made when hesitating in speech
-er
4suffix 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
-er
5suffix
- forming the comparative degree of adjectives ( deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs ( faster, slower, etc)
er
6the internet domain name for
- Eritrea
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He also appeared in TV shows “ER,” “The Love Boat” and “Police Story,” as well as the 1990 Stephen King miniseries “It.”
He is the latest addition to the rogues gallery of felons and ne’er do wells who will populate the White House, the Trumpov Cabinet, and other posts starting on Jan. 20.
A short time later, we met up for the handoff . . . er, rehoming.
I play Alex, who has recently been promoted to be the head nurse in the ER department, which she's excited about.
Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.
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