ers

¹

[ urs, airs ]

noun

1. ervil.

ERS

²

or E.R.S.

1. Emergency Radio Service.

-ers

³

1. a semantically empty suffix that creates informal variations of more neutral nouns and adjectives by processes of truncation identical to those of -er ⁷ ( champers; preggers; starkers ); unlike that suffix, however, -ers is apparently productive, and words formed with it do not appear to belong to a restricted linguistic register, as university slang.

ERS

abbreviation for

1. earnings related supplement

Word History and Origins

Origin of ers¹

Middle French < Old Provençal < Late Latin ervus, variant of Latin ervum. See ervil

Origin of ers²

Perhaps a conflation of -er ⁷ with the final element of bonkers and crackers in the sense “wild, crazy” (unless these words themselves contain this suffix); -s ³

Example Sentences

That said, there will be people that defend him—even some of his fellow NFL'ers.

From The Daily Beast

Anti-vaxxers and anti-stem cell-ers come together, thanks to a recent paper linking autism to vaccines that use stem cells.

From The Daily Beast

In Rhode Island, amid HIPAA concerns, Glass is being used in ERs with dermatologists.

From The Daily Beast

Suppose one believes, as many JVP-ers do, that it is morally wrong to establish a state wherein citizens are treated unequally.

From The Daily Beast

A news reporter is shoving a microphone inches from his nose and asks about “TM-ers.”

From The Daily Beast

Rang′ers, a body of mounted troops: a name sometimes taken by clubs of football players, &c.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

Rick′ers, the stems of young trees cut up for spars, &c.—ns.

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The drop in the temperature was tremendous, but the ski-ers were jubilant.

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Bielokurov began to talk at length and with his drawling er-er-ers of the disease of the century—pessimism.

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I ain't got nothing to say against gals, but if I only lay my hands on that young brother of 'ers'

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