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e'er
1[ air ]
EER
2abbreviation for
-eer
3- a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French ( buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer ) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle, or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word ( auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer ); now frequently pejorative ( profiteer; racketeer ). Compare -ary, -er 2, -ier 2.
-eer
2suffix
- forming nouns indicating a person who is concerned with or who does something specified
engineer
profiteer
auctioneer
mutineer
- forming verbs to be concerned with something specified
electioneer
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Origin of e'er1
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Example Sentences
I to theeAll hope deny,” she said, “e'en hope; nor mayThose eyes of thine e'er shine, save through their tears.
I shall die content;Henceforth, with destiny, no more regretThat I e'er saw the light.
But we know its face now, and it will be our own fault if anything so foul shall e'er be seen again in our midst.
Who loves his own sweet shadow in the streets / Better than e'er the fairest she he meets.
And as to learning, I make no qury she can talk you over the Latin grammar as fast as e'er a gentleman here.
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