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• comparative of close.

closer

¹ American  

[kloh-zer] / ˈkloʊ zər /

noun

1. a person or thing that closes.

   a door with a mechanical closer.

2. a person or thing that concludes.

   The piece would be a great closer for a concert.

3. Baseball. a relief pitcher brought in toward the end of the game to hold the team’s lead.

4. a person who brings something, especially a business deal, to a successful conclusion.

   a car salesman known as one of the best closers.

5. Also called closure.  Masonry. any of various specially formed or cut bricks for spacing or filling gaps between regular bricks or courses of regular brickwork.

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closer ² American  

[kloh-ser] / ˈkloʊ sər /

adjective

1. comparative of close.

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Etymology

Origin of closer

First recorded in 1600–1620; close, -er ¹

Example Sentences

In Denver," said Jimmie, "I once heard a conductor call out 'The gents will please step forward and the ladies set closter.'

From At Home with the Jardines by Bell, Lilian

So I waited till she got a leetle closter; an’ then, lettin’ go o’ her tail, I clasped the log, an’ crawled on to it.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne

So I axplained the inchantmint to him, an' he looked a little closter, an' thin jumped wid shurprise.

From Irish Wonders by McAnally, D. R. (David Russell)

But Oi'm thinkin' niver befoor was Oi closter to th' roight place at th' roight toime thin a minit agone.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

When I got closter I heerd er human moan, en' seed it wuz er woman, hurt, en' harf froze.

From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker

Related Words

• climax
• conclusion
• denouement