Definition of er
(Entry 1 of 5)
—used to express hesitation
Er
symbolDefinition of Er (Entry 2 of 5)
erbium
ER
abbreviationDefinition of ER (Entry 3 of 5)
1 earned run
2 emergency room
-er
adjective suffix or adverb suffixDefinition of -er (Entry 4 of 5)
—used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs of one syllablehotterdrier and of some adjectives and adverbs of two or more syllablescompleterbeautifuller
-er
noun suffixvariants:
or less commonly -ier or -yer
Definition of -er (Entry 5 of 5)
1a : person occupationally connected with
furrier lawyer
b : person or thing belonging to or associated with
header old-timer
c : native of : resident of
cottager New Yorker
d : one that has
three-decker
e : one that produces or yields
porker
2a : one that does or performs (a specified action)
batter —sometimes added to both elements of a compoundbuilder-upper
b : one that is a suitable object of (a specified action)
broiler
3 : one that is
foreigner —in all senses -yer in a few words after w, -ier in a few other words, otherwise -er
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The first known use of er was in 1862
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