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▪ I. ruther, adv.|ˈrʌðə(r)|
[Repr. a U.S. colloq. or dial. pronunc. of rather.]
= rather adv.
1872[see hold v. 42 c]. 1929Amer. Mercury Sept. 47 Ruther be in cornfield workin' hard, Than be buck private in National Guard. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling viii. 71 I'd ruther they hunted their way and leave me hunt mine. 1942W. Faulkner Go down, Moses 59, I ruther never to know than to find out later I have been fooled. 1970M. Chisholm McAllister says No vi. 48 I'd ruther have him in front of me than behind.
▪ II. ruther
variant of rather n., ridder n.1, rudder n. |