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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Tony is Tony Berg, the industry lifer from the days of Bette Midler and The Rocky Horror Picture Show who has remained relevant for the half-century since.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
The work in question, winter’s New Dawn, is a stately tour of a woodwind lifer’s gifts.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
In an era of player movement, Looney was poised to became one of the last non-superstar one-team lifers.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
But when put before a committee of baseball lifers, the pair was effectively shut out.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
The work in question, winter’s New Dawn, is a stately tour of a woodwind lifer’s gifts.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
In an era of player movement, Looney was poised to became one of the last non-superstar one-team lifers.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
But when put before a committee of baseball lifers, the pair was effectively shut out.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
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 18 Dec. 2025.
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