ager

[ ey-jer ]

noun

1. Often Ager. a person living in a certain historical age:

   a Gilded Ager;

   Stone Agers.

2. Often Ager. a person who embraces a certain cultural movement:

   New Agers.

3. a person in a certain period or stage of human life. golden ager.
4. a thing that ages something:

   Sunlight is a skin ager.

5. a worker who inspects electric lamps.
6. an apparatus filled with steam through which dyed cloth is passed in order to fix the dye.
7. a worker who stabilizes the electrical properties of a device by passing a current through it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ager¹

First recorded in 1880–85; age ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

The Milton Ager and Jack Yellow song signified the end of a dark era in American history...and the start of something new.

From The Daily Beast

She seemed to be more like a somewhat bashful teen-ager who had been educated in a convent.

From Project Gutenberg

The possessors of the ager publicus, supported by the Senate and the equestrian order, made the most of all these difficulties.

From Project Gutenberg

The first place we came to was the Ager Damascenus, a long, beautiful meadow, just without the city on the west side.

From Project Gutenberg

There were probably servi on the 'ager publicus' as there were on the Frankish public lands, called 'servi fisci.'

From Project Gutenberg

This is clearly the meaning of Tacitus, 'Arva per annos mutant et superest ager.'

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