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-ER

Definitions: -ER

-ER

1. A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.

2. The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: -ER

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Er The country code for Eritrea. (1999-01-27) ERA Entity-Relationship-At. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: -ER

English words defined with "-ER": -or. (references)
Etymologies containing "-ER": AdultererDemonographerElegiographerParamiographer. (references)
Non-English Usage: "-ER" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (-er).

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Usage Frequency: -ER

"-ER" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "-ER" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Unclassified Items100%10111,207

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: -ER

Language Translations for "-ER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

(a person engaged in a certain art or profession, family, home, -ian, -ist). (various references)

   

French

  

-iste, -er. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "-ER"

Words ending with "er": Fer, Fog'ger, Frisker, O'er, scalper, sober, -ster. (additional references)

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Anagrams: -ER

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: er, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-r"
 

+1 letter: are, ear, era, ere, erg, ern, err, ers, fer, her, ire, ore, per, reb, rec, red, ree, ref, reg, rei, rem, rep, res, ret, rev, rex, roe, rue, rye, ser.

 

+2 letters: acre, aero, aery, ager, aper, area, ares, arse, aver, bare, bear, beer, berg, berm, bier, bore, brae, bred, bree, bren, brew, brie, byre, care, cere, cero, cire, core, crew, cure, dare, dear, deer, dere, derm, dire, doer, dore, dree, dreg, drek, drew, dure, dyer, earl, earn, ears, ecru, eery, eger, emir, eras, ergo, ergs, erne, erns, eros, errs, erst, euro, ever, ewer, eyer, eyra, eyre, eyry, fare, fear, fere, fern, fire, fore, frae, free, fret, froe, gear, germ, goer, gore, gree, grew, grey, grue, gyre, hare, hear, heir, herb, herd, here, herl, herm, hern, hero, hers, hire, hoer, ired, ires, jeer, jerk, keir, kerb, kerf, kern, kier, kore, lear, leer, lehr, lier, lire, lore, lure, lyre, mare, mere, merk, merl, mire, more, mure, near, nerd, ogre, omer, ores, orle, over, oyer, pare, pear, peer, peri, perk, perm, perp, pert, pier, pore, pree, prep, prex, prey, prez, pure, pyre, race, rage, rake, rale, rape, rare, rase, rate, rave, raze, read, real, ream, reap, rear, rebs, reck, recs, redd, rede, redo, reds, reed, reef, reek, reel, rees, refs, reft, regs, reif, rein, reis, rely, rems, rend, rent, repo, repp, reps, resh, rest, rete, rets, revs, rhea, rice, ride, riel, rife, rile, rime, ripe, rise, rite, rive, robe, rode, roes, role, rope, rose, rote, roue, rove, rube, rude, rued, ruer, rues, rule, rune, ruse, ryes, ryke, sear, seer, sera, sere, serf, sers, sire, sore, suer, sure, tare, tear, term, tern, tier, tire, tore, tree, tref, trek, tret, trey, true, tyer, tyre, urea, urge, user, veer, vera, verb, vert, very, vier, ware, wear, weer, weir, were, wert, wire, wore, wren, yare, year, yerk, yore, zerk, zero.

 

+3 letters: abler, acerb, acred, acres, adder, adore, aerie, afire, afore, after, agers, agger, agree, aider, aimer, aired, airer, aiver, alder, alert, alter, amber, ameer, anear, anger, antre, apers, apery, apres, apter, arced, ardeb, areae, areal, areas, areca, areic, arena, arete, argle, argue, ariel, arise, arles, armed, armer, armet, arose, arpen, arses, artel, asker, asper, aster, auger, aurae, aurei, aures, avers, avert, aware, azure, baker, baler, barbe, barde, bared, barer, bares, barge, barre, barye, baser, beard, bears, beers, beery, beret, bergs, berme, berms, berry, berth, beryl, bevor, bider, biers, biker, birle, birse, biter, blare, blear, bluer, boner, bored, borer, bores, borne, bower, boxer, brace, braes, brake, brave, braze, bread, break, bream, brede, breed, brees, brens, brent, breve, brews, bribe, bride, brief, brier, bries, brine, broke, brome, brose, brume, brute, buret, burke, burse, buyer, byres, caber, cadre, cager, caner, caper, cared, carer, cares, caret, carex, carle, carse, carte, carve, cater, caver, cedar, ceder, ceorl, cerci, cered, ceres, ceria, ceric, ceros, chare, cheer, chert, chore, cider, cires, citer, clear, clerk, coder, comer, cooer, coper, cored, corer, cores, corse, cover, cower, coyer, crake, crane, crape, crate, crave, craze, creak, cream, credo, creed, creek, creel, creep, creme, crepe, crept, crepy, cress, crest, crews, cried, crier, cries, crime, cripe, crone, crore, croze, crude, cruel, cruet, cruse, cuber, cured, curer, cures, curet, curie, curse, curve, cuter, cyder, dared, darer, dares, dater, deair, dears, deary, debar, decor, decry, deers, defer, demur, denar, derat, deray, derby, derma, derms, derry, deter, dewar, dicer, diker, dimer, diner, direr, dirge, diver, doers, doper, doser, doter, dower, dozer, drake, drape, drave, dread, dream, drear, dreck, dreed, drees, dregs, dreks, dress, drest, dried, drier, dries, drive, drone, drove, drupe, druse, dryer, duper, dured, dures, dyers, eager, eagre, eared, earls, early, earns, earth, eater, ecrus, edger, eerie, egers, eggar, egger, egret, eider, elder, elver, embar, ember, emeer, emery, emirs, emmer, ender, enorm, enrol, enter, entry, enure, ephor, erase, erect, ergot, erica, ernes, erode, erose, erred, error, erses, eruct, erugo, erupt, ervil, escar, eskar, esker, ester, ether, euros, evert, every, ewers, exert, extra, exurb, eyers, eyras, eyres, eyrie, eyrir, facer, fader, faery, faker, farce, fared, farer, fares, farle, fears, femur, feral, feres, feria, ferly, fermi, ferns, ferny, ferry, fetor, feuar, fever, fewer, feyer, fiber, fibre, fiery, fifer, filer, finer, fired, firer, fires, fiver, fixer, flare, fleer, flier, flyer, force, fores, forge, forme, forte, foyer, frame, freak, freed, freer, frees, fremd, frena, frere, fresh, frets, fried, frier, fries, frise, froes, frore, froze, fryer, fumer, furze, gager, gamer, gaper, gayer, gazer, gears, genre, genro, gerah, germs, germy, giber, giver, glare, gluer, goers, gofer, goner, gored, gores, gorge, gorse, grace, grade, grape, grate, grave, graze, great, grebe, greed, greek, green, grees, greet, grego, greys, gride, grief, grime, gripe, grope, grove, gruel, grues, grume, gurge, gyred, gyres, haler, hared, harem, hares, hater, haver, hayer, hazer, heard, hears, heart, heder, heirs, henry, herbs, herby, herds, heres, herls, herma, herms, herns, heron, heros, herry, hertz, hewer, hexer, hider, hiker, hired, hirer, hires, hoers, homer, honer, hoper, horde, horse, hover, huger, hyper, icier, icker, idler, iller, inert, infer, inker, inner, inter, inure, irade, irate, irked, irone, ither, jager, japer, jeers, jerid, jerks, jerky, jerry, jiber, jiver, joker, jurel, kebar, kefir, keirs, kerbs, kerfs, kerne, kerns, kerry, kiers, kiter, kreep, krone, kyrie, lacer, lader, lager, laker, lamer, laree, lares, large, laser, later, laver, laxer, layer, learn, lears, leary, leers, leery, leger, lehrs, lemur, leper, lever, liber, liers, lifer, liger, liker, liner, liter, litre, liver, livre, loner, loper, lores, loser, lover, lower, lucre, luger, lured, lurer, lures, lyres, macer, madre, maker, mares, marge, marse, maser, mater, mazer, mercy, merde, merer, meres, merge, merit, merks, merle, merls, merry, meter, metre, metro, miler, mimer, miner, mired, mires, mirex, miser, miter, mitre, mixer, moire, moper, morae, morel, mores, morse, mover, mower, mured, mures, murex, murre, muser, muter, nacre, namer, nares, nears, nerds, nerdy, nerol, nerts, nertz, nerve, nervy, never, newer, nicer, niter, nitre, noter, nuder, nurse, oared, oater, ocher, ochre, ocker, ocrea, odder, offer, ofter, ogler, ogres, oiler, older, omber, ombre, omers, onery, oorie, opera, orate, orbed, order, oread, oriel, orles, ormer, osier, other, otter, ourie, outer, outre, overs, overt, owner, oxter, oyers, pacer, padre, pager, paler, paper, parae, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, parve, pater, paver, pawer, payer, pearl, pears, peart, pedro, peers, peery, perch, perdu, perdy, perea, peril, peris, perks, perky, perms, perps, perry, perse, peter, piers, piker, piper, plier, plyer, poker, poler, pored, pores, poser, power, prase, prate, preed, preen, prees, preps, presa, prese, press, prest, prexy, preys, price, pride, pried, prier, pries, prime, prise, prize, probe, proem, prole, prone, prose, prove, prude, prune, pryer, puler, puree, purer, purge, purse, pyres, quare, queer, quern, query, quire, raced, racer, races, raged, ragee, rages, raise, rajes, raked, rakee, raker, rakes, rales, ramee, ramen, ramet, ramie, rance, ranee, range, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, rared, rarer, rares, rased, raser, rases, rated, ratel, rater, rates, rathe, raved, ravel, raven, raver, raves, rawer, raxed, raxes, rayed, razed, razee, razer, razes, reach, react, readd, reads, ready, realm, reals, reams, reaps, rearm, rears, reata, reave, rebar, rebbe, rebec, rebel, rebid, rebop, rebus, rebut, rebuy, recap, recce, recks, recon, recta, recti, recto, recur, recut, redan, redds, reded, redes, redia, redid, redip, redly, redon, redos, redox, redry, redub, redux, redye, reeds, reedy, reefs, reefy, reeks, reeky, reels, reest, reeve, refed, refel, refer, refit, refix, refly, refry, regal, reges, regma, regna, rehab, rehem, reifs, reify, reign, reink, reins, reive, rekey, relax, relay, relet, relic, relit, reman, remap, remet, remex, remit, remix, renal, rends, renew, renig, renin, rente, rents, reoil, repay, repeg, repel, repin, reply, repos, repot, repps, repro, reran, rerig, rerun, resaw, resay, resee, reset, resew, resid, resin, resod, resow, rests, retag, retax, retch, retem, retia, retie, retro, retry, reuse, revel, revet, revue, rewan, rewax, rewed, rewet, rewin, rewon, rexes, rheas, rheum, rhyme, ribes, riced, ricer, rices, rider, rides, ridge, riels, rifer, rifle, riled, riles, riley, rille, rimed, rimer, rimes, rinse, riped, ripen, riper, ripes, risen, riser, rises, rites, rived, riven, river, rives, rivet, robed, robes, roble, rodeo, roger, rogue, roles, romeo, roose, roped, roper, ropes, ropey, roque, rosed, roses, roset, rotes, rotte, rouen, roues, rouge, rouse, route, roved, roven, rover, roves, rowed, rowel, rowen, rower, rubes, ruble, ruche, ruder, ruers, ruffe, rugae, ruled, ruler, rules, rumen, runes, rupee, ruses, ryked, rykes, saber, sabre, safer, sager, saker, saner, saree, sarge, saver, sawer, sayer, scare, score, scree, screw, sears, seder, seers, senor, serac, serai, seral, sered, serer, seres, serfs, serge, serif, serin, serow, serry, serum, serve, servo, sever, sewar, sewer, share, shear, sheer, sherd, shier, shire, shoer, shore, shred, shrew, shyer, sieur, siker, sired, siree, siren, sires, siver, sizer, skier, slier, slyer, smear, smerk, snare, sneer, snore, sober, sorel, sorer, sores, sower, spare, spear, speer, speir, sperm, spier, spire, spore, spree, sprue, stare, steer, stere, stern, store, strep, strew, suber, sucre, suers, super, surer, surge, sware, swear, sweer, swore, syren, taber, taker, taler, tamer, taper, tared, tares, targe, tarre, tater, tawer, taxer, tears, teary, tenor, terai, terce, terga, terms, terne, terns, terra, terry, terse, tetra, their, there, therm, three, threw, throe, tiers, tiger, tiler, timer, tired, tires, titer, titre, toker, toner, toper, tores, torse, torte, toter, tower, toyer, trace, trade, trave, tread, treat, treed, treen, trees, treks, trend, tress, trets, trews, treys, tribe, trice, tried, trier, tries, trike, trine, tripe, trite, trode, troke, trone, trope, trove, truce, trued, truer, trues, tuber, tuner, tuyer, twerp, twier, twyer, tyers, tyred, tyres, udder, ulcer, umber, under, upper, uraei, urare, urase, urate, ureal, ureas, uredo, ureic, urged, urger, urges, urine, ursae, users, usher, uteri, utter, varve, veers, veery, velar, verbs, verge, verse, verso, verst, verts, vertu, verve, vexer, viers, viler, viper, vireo, vires, vomer, voter, vower, wader, wafer, wager, waker, waler, wared, wares, warez, water, waver, waxer, wears, weary, weber, weird, weirs, where, whore, wider, wiper, wired, wirer, wires, wiser, wiver, wooer, worse, wreak, wreck, wrens, wrest, wried, wrier, wries, write, wrote, wryer, xeric, xerox, xerus, yager, yarer, yearn, years, yerba, yerks, yores, zaire, zebra, zerks, zeros, zoner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: -ER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

2D 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

00101101 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#45 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

002D 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

153952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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