e'er
Words that may be confused with e'er
Other definitions for EER (2 of 3)
Other definitions for -eer (3 of 3)
a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French (buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle, or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word (auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer); now frequently pejorative (profiteer; racketeer).: Compare -ary, -er2, -ier2.
Origin of -eer
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How to use e'er in a sentence
Byron in his day thought differently, for he sang: the most living crystal that was eer.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounWe'll take the steed out where he is, The gold where eer it be, And we'll away to some unco land, And married we shall be.
Book of Old Ballads | VariousHer cap'n es Billy Coad, a man you may 'ave 'eer'd on, and wawn you would like to knaw.
The Birthright | Joseph HockingWell, if eer I heard sic a stand-and-deliver-like speech since ever I was born,—exclaimed his grandmother.
The Entail | John GaltHe was an innocent poor man that wouldnt harm a child, besides being pleasant and agreeable as eer a one youd meet.
The Search Party | G. A. Birmingham
British Dictionary definitions for e'er (1 of 2)
/ (ɛə) /
poetic, or archaic a contraction of ever
British Dictionary definitions for -eer (2 of 2)
(forming nouns) indicating a person who is concerned with or who does something specified: auctioneer; engineer; profiteer; mutineer
(forming verbs) to be concerned with something specified: electioneer
Origin of -eer
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