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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
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Example Sentences
I was taken to the hospital by ambulance and sat in the ER waiting room for what felt like days.
The shift in language and content is click-bait for the enterprising eBay-er.
The EU has said, since Haaretz broke the story, er, well, we have no such plans.
Er, um, because the people dying of Ebola in West Africa are black?
Fame came with ER in the mid-1990s and Clooney's role as heart-throb doctor Doug Ross.
He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.
Thar couldn't nothin' kill her, short er wild beasts, ef she hed ther baby 'n her arms!
The subject is made more embarrassing because of its—er, rather personal nature.
It is true that I was impressed with him in a way, because the man was rather—er, inspiring, and I entertained hopes.
The place he put it in was—er—a little below golf and a little above classical concerts.
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