Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who longs or desires.
  • noun Nautical, a water-cask of peculiar shape, formerly used for stowing next to the keelson; also, a row of such casks.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who longs for anything.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective comparative form of long: more long
  • adverb comparative form of long: more long
  • noun One who longs or yearns for something.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person with a strong desire for something
  • adverb for more time

Etymologies

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long (“yearn”) +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Sir Asinus, no longer intending for Europe, but satisfied with Virginia; no _longer_ woful, but in passable good spirits; no longer melancholy, but surveying those around him with affectionate regard.

    The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Anonymous

  • Under no circumstances can you afford an automobile or other loan for a term longer than 36 months.

    MORE WEALTH WITHOUT RISK CHARLES J. GIVENS 1995

  • Under no circumstances can you afford an automobile or other loan for a term longer than 36 months.

    MORE WEALTH WITHOUT RISK CHARLES J. GIVENS 1995

  • Angell agreed to the sentence and prosecutors agreed to drop a motion that would have asked the judge to sentence Angell to a term longer than called for under state sentencing guidelines.

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  • Tony Bennett, who first joined Columbia Records in 1950, has been signed to the label longer than any other recording artist in its history.

    DUETS/An American Classic 2006

  • Tony Bennett, who first joined Columbia Records in 1950, has been signed to the label longer than any other recording artist in its history.

    DUETS/An American Classic 2006

  • Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.

    If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981

  • Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.

    If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981

  • Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.

    If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981

  • Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.

    If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981

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