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termer

[ tur-mer ]

noun

  1. a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):

    a first-termer.



termer

1

/ ˈtɜːmə /

noun

  1. See termor
    a variant spelling of termor


-termer

2

noun

  1. in combination a person serving a specified length of time in prison

    a short-termer

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Word History and Origins

Origin of termer1

First recorded in 1625–35; term + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Usually, for a two-termer, the first term merely sets up conditions for (hoped-for) second-term successes.

I remember well their blood vows to make sure she was a one-termer.

The race pits ten-term incumbent Donald Manzullo against Adam Kinzinger, a first termer elected in the GOP wave of 2010.

Perriello acknowledges those votes could make him a one-termer.

At times tonight, Obama sounded like an embattled second-termer with a 35 percent approval rating.

Let it be the right and duty of every citizen to forcibly remove a third termer.

"I intended to kill Theodore Roosevelt, the third termer," was the answer.

Gentlemen of the jury, the danger of the third termer was less in his probable election than in his sure but close defeat.

In a word, he is the impression of the last term, and will be so until the coming of a new term or termer.

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