ers

[ urs, airs ]

/ ɜrs, ɛərs /

noun

ervil.

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to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.

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Origin of ers

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

Words nearby ers

error analysis, error coin, error correction, error message, error of closure, ers, ersatz, erse, ershad, erskine, erst

Definition for ers (2 of 3)

ERS

or E.R.S.

Emergency Radio Service.

Definition for ers (3 of 3)

-ers

a semantically empty suffix that creates informal variations of more neutral nouns and adjectives by processes of truncation identical to those of -er⁷ (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.

Origin of -ers

perhaps a conflation of -er⁷ with the final element of bonkers and crackers in the sense “wild, crazy” (unless these words themselves contain this suffix); cf. -s³

Example sentences from the Web for ers

“I think that all you ni**ers need to…check yourselves out,” he said to laughter in his first big applause line of the evening.
When Bill Cosby N-Bombed the Congressional Black Caucus|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That said, there will be people that defend him—even some of his fellow NFL'ers.
Adrian Peterson’s ‘Whooping’ and Ray Rice’s Knockout Are Both Domestic Violence|Robert Silverman|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Rhode Island, amid HIPAA concerns, Glass is being used in ERs with dermatologists.
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Rubb′ers, a disease in sheep, with great heat and itchiness.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

Ice′-feath′ers, peculiar feather-like forms assumed by ice at the summits of mountains.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
I ordered three pints, and, while I was 'anding Rupert his, Kumbo finished 'ers and began on mine.
Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection)|W.W. Jacobs
She sent for me and asked if I could find 'er a lady's bicycle, an' Greenaway was very 'appy to lend 'er 'ers, madam.
Berry And Co.|Dornford Yates
Loop′ers, the caterpillars of certain moths, which move by drawing up the hindpart of their body to the head.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for ers

ERS

abbreviation for

earnings related supplement

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Definition for ers (2 of 3)

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