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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

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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 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

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

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

"Well, wot jer want to talk about my legs for, if I mustn't talk about yours," he grumbled.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Hebert Jenkins

The recognition of a divine command after the fact has its parallel, as Wellhausen observes, in Jer. xxxii.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

They must be valiant for the truth upon the earth, Jer. ix.

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

This earth-matter is called “tōhu and bōhu”; there is nothing like this phrase in the epic, but we may infer from Jer. iv.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

To-day it was in the 1st lesson, Jer. i.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley

And promises, if they "will execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor," he will give them righteous magistrates, 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

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