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  jer

  noun

  either of two letters (ъ, ь) of the Cyrillic alphabet used, as in Old Church Slavonic, to indicate two short vowels, or, as in Russian, to indicate that the preceding consonant is hard or soft.
• Jer.
  Jer.

  abbreviation

  Jeremiah.

jer

¹ American  

[yer] / jɛr /

noun

1. Slavic Linguistics. either of two letters (ъ, ь) of the Cyrillic alphabet used, as in Old Church Slavonic, to indicate two short vowels, or, as in Russian, to indicate that the preceding consonant is hard or soft.

2. either of the short, lax vowels of Old Church Slavonic represented by these signs, front jer (ъ, usually transcribed asĭ ) and back jer (ь, usually transcribed asŭ ).

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Jer. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Bible. Jeremiah.

2. Jersey.

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Jer. British  

abbreviation

1. Jeremiah

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Etymology

Origin of jer

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

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A. I been livin' here jer years, 'n' I ain't seen it go no place.

From Time Magazine Archive

The jer had a snow-white leash and jesses cut from guaranteed unicom skin, as a tribute to her station in life.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The bells had been brought from the Indies, regardless of expense, and the pair worn by the jer were made of silver.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Unde Dap’s reaction was to give his pupil a lecture, as they stood in the mews with the chastened jer.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

"Wot jer want to take a lodger for," demanded Bindle, "if you can't get food enough for you an' me?"

From Adventures of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins

So the princes of Judah had power, against the king's will, to put Jeremiah to death, which the king supposes, when he directs him what to say to them, Jer. xxxviii.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

There are two mentioned, Jer. xxii. that seem partly to quadrate, and near of a piece with our misrulers; both because of the demerit of the threatning, and the likeness of the judgment threatned.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

Now the solemnities of the oath do aggravate the heinousness of the breach of it, as is clear from Jer. xxxiv.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

If any thing be a strengthening the hands of evil doers, Jer. xxiii.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

Althusius as above, makes a tyrant, who by immoderate exactions, and the like, exhausts the subjects, and cites scripture, Jer. xxii.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields