Definition of: er
1. A person or thing that performs the action of the root verb: checker.
2. A person concerned with or practicing a trade or profession: glover.
3. One who lives in or comes from: New Yorker.
4. A person, thing, or action related to or characterized by: three–decker. ♦ Nouns of agency are generally formed in English by adding –er to a verb, as in leader, but some such nouns, on analogy with those from French or Latin, are formed with –or. There is no definite rule regarding the use of these suffixes. [OE -ere, -are]
Definition of: er
A person or thing concerned with, or related to: jailer. [<AF -er, OF -ier <L -arius, -arium]
Definition of: er
More: used in the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs: harder, later. [OE -ra, -or]
Definition of: er
Repeatedly: used in frequentative verbs: stutter. [OE -rian]
Definition of: er
Denoting the action expressed by the root word: waiver: used mostly in legal terms. [<F -er, infinitive ending]
Most often used phrases:
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er period
er beam
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