e'er

[ air ]

adverbChiefly Literary.

contraction of ever.

Words that may be confused with e'er

air, e'er , ere, err, heir

Words Nearby e'er

Other definitions for EER (2 of 3)

EER

abbreviation

energy efficiency ratio.

Other definitions for -eer (3 of 3)

-eer

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

<French, Middle French -ier (Old French <Latin -ārius-ary as suffix of personal nouns); in some nouns replacing earlier suffixes (see engineer, charioteer) or the French suffix -aire-aire (see musketeer, volunteer)

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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)

e'er

/ (ɛə) /

adverb

poetic, or archaic a contraction of ever

British Dictionary definitions for -eer (2 of 2)

-eer

suffix

(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

from Old French -ier, from Latin -arius -ary

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