1
: a person sentenced to imprisonment for life
2
: a person who makes a career of one of the armed forces
3
: a person who has made a lifelong commitment (as to a way of life)
Examples of lifer in a Sentence
He was a lifer at the factory.
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Beandrea July, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
The financial price was never a big problem for Belichick, a football lifer who has earned millions.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Snead is a scouting and player personnel lifer but also something of a renaissance man.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
But others' mileage will vary, and the modular storage system might prove an ideal means of organizing and accessing things for some campers and road lifers.
—New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for lifer
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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