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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
Then Allison went back to Pacey, and Noah went back to Nurse Abby from E.R.
(“I have no way”) E.R. Press Conference Jan. 31, 1939; ibid, p. 85-6.
(“No human being”) E.R., “How to Take Criticism,” Ladies Home Journal, Nov., 1944, ibid, p. 31.
(“Someone wrote me”) E.R. Press Conference Jan. 31, 1939; ibid, p. 85.
Sources for Eleanor Roosevelt quotes: (“It was hard”) E.R., This I Remember (New York: Harper, 1949), p. 89.
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