e'er
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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
Ne doute e er-of no ing quod I. for forto knowen ilke inges to-gidre in e whiche inges I delite me gretly.
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' | Geoffrey Chaucer
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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