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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My regular weekly meeting of lifers became a celebration of my release.
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Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
The bench mob would be led by five-time All-Star John Wall, plus shooting specialist/famous dad Dell Curry and Miami Heat lifer Udonis Haslem.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
These are the relentless lifers who have it in their blood—the ones who can’t NOT do it.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Thank you for being a lifer, for being a shirtless, sunburned troubadour, for your friendship, your songs and all the laughs.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
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Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
The bench mob would be led by five-time All-Star John Wall, plus shooting specialist/famous dad Dell Curry and Miami Heat lifer Udonis Haslem.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
These are the relentless lifers who have it in their blood—the ones who can’t NOT do it.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Thank you for being a lifer, for being a shirtless, sunburned troubadour, for your friendship, your songs and all the laughs.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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