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-er
-er 1suff.1. a. One that performs a specified action: swimmer.b. One that undergoes or is capable of undergoing a specified action: broiler.c. One that has: ten-pounder.d. One that is associated or involved with: banker.2. a. Native or resident of: New Yorker.b. One that is: foreigner.
[Middle English, partly from Old English -ere (from Germanic *-ārjaz, from Latin -ārius, -ary), partly from Anglo-French -er (from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius) and partly from Old French -ere, -eor; see -or1.]
-er 2suff. Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs: darker; faster.
[Middle English, from Old English -re, -ra.]-er suffix forming nouns 1. a person or thing that performs a specified action: reader; decanter; lighter. 2. a person engaged in a profession, occupation, etc: writer; baker; bootlegger. 3. a native or inhabitant of: islander; Londoner; villager. 4. a person or thing having a certain characteristic: newcomer; double-decker; fiver. [Old English -ere; related to German -er, Latin -ārius]
-er suffix forming the comparative degree of adjectives (deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs (faster, slower, etc) [Old English -rd, -re (adj), -or (adv)]er (ə, ər)
interj. (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.) ER 1. efficiency report. 2. emergency room. Er
Chem. Symbol. erbium. -er1 , a noun-forming suffix, added to nouns to form words designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter; moonshiner; roofer), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner), or designating persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance (double-decker; fourth-grader; tanker; teenager). When added to verbs, -er1 forms nouns denoting a person, animal or thing that performs or is used in performing the action of the verb ( baker; eye-opener; fertilizer; pointer; teacher). Compare -ier 1, -yer.[Middle English -er(e), representing Old English -ere agentive suffix (c. Old High German -āri, Gothic -areis < Germanic *-arjaz < Latin -ārius -ary) and Old English -ware, forming ethnonyms (as Rōmware Romans), c. Old High German -āri < Germanic *-warioz people] -er2 , a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French in the Middle English period, most often names of occupations (butcher; carpenter; grocer; mariner; officer), but also other nouns (corner; danger; primer). [Middle English < Anglo-French -er, Old French -ier < Latin -ārius, -ārium. compare -ary, -eer, -ier2] -er3 , a termination of nouns denoting action or process, occurring orig. and predominantly in loanwords from French or Anglo-French: dinner; rejoinder; remainder. [< Anglo-French or Old French, orig. infinitive suffix -er, -re] -er4 , a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adjectives: harder; smaller. [Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -ra, -re; c. German -er] -er5 , a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adverbs: faster. [Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -or; c. Old High German -or] -er6 , a formative appearing in verbs having frequentative meaning: flicker; flutter; shiver; shudder. [Middle English; Old English -r-; c. German -(e)r-] -er7 , Chiefly Brit. a suffix that creates informal or jocular mutations of more neutral words, which are typically clipped to a single syllable before application of the suffix, and sometimes subjected to other phonetic alterations: bed-sitter; fresher; rugger; soccer. Compare -ers. [probably modeled on nonagentive uses of -er1; said to have first become current in University College, Oxford, 1875–80] E.R. emergency room. EncyclopediaSeeErFinancialSeeER |