Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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 signifiesa man of the place . - A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs.
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- suffix no longer productive Suffix used to form the plural of a small number of English nouns.
- suffix added to a verb or imitative sound
frequently ; used to formfrequentative verbs. - suffix added to verbs
person orthing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form anagent noun . - suffix added to a noun denoting an occupation
Person whose occupation is (the noun). - suffix A name for a
person orthing that is based on a number (with or without a noun). - suffix slang Used to form nouns shorter than more formal synonyms.
- suffix informal One who enjoys.
- suffix derogatory
Person who subscribes to a particularconspiracy theory orunorthodox belief. - suffix
more ; used to form thecomparative . - suffix
more ; used to form the comparative. - suffix Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words.
- suffix added to a proper noun Suffix denoting a
resident orinhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form ademonym . - suffix Suffix denoting residency in or around a district, area, or region.
- suffix
person orthing connected with - suffix added to a verb
instance of (the verbal action); used to form nouns from verbs, especially in legal terms.
Etymologies
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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For the last week or so, the 1%-owned media have been doing everything possible to give their fellow 1%-er and good friend Mayor Bloomberg the political cover necessary to seize Zuccotti Park.
Danny Schechter: Mic Check: You Say You Wanna Revolution Danny Schechter 2011
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On the Top Chef: All-Stars finale, eventual champ Richard Blais dispatches sous chef and the show's "craftiest motherf---er" Spike Mendelsohn to retrieve intel on the judges' thoughts of his dishes.
Top Moments: Dancing's Lip-Lock, Grey's Musical Medicine and a Top Chef Spy 2011
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For the last week or so, the 1%-owned media have been doing everything possible to give their fellow 1%-er and good friend Mayor Bloomberg the political cover necessary to seize Zuccotti Park.
Danny Schechter: Mic Check: You Say You Wanna Revolution Danny Schechter 2011
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"I hate to admit it but the 1%-er really got me," Mr. Arad went on, referring to Great Performance's low-calorie latke.
Lining Up for Latkes Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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The columnist joked he often uses an acronym he created, "DTMFA," which stands for "Dump The M----r F---er Already," when responding to his fans' questions.
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The rest of them are a somehow less creative form of hockey nicknames, which are generally just variants of the person's last name ending in -s, -ie -y or -er.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Annie Yactor, London, 28/07/2011 01:22 "Will the 10,000 dupes -er, I mean, artists, please report for rehearsals on..."
Evening Standard - Home Rob Parsons 2011
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Where is wind-bag Madi-Goon spokesman Steve Brown with a lie, -er, comment?
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That's how US politics really work, and things are not going to change until we've buried the last "What's-in-it-for-me"-er.
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That's how US politics really work, and things are not going to change until we've buried the last "What's-in-it-for-me"-er.
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