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Chemistry.

a combining form meaning “member of a particular group”: isomer.

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Compare -mere, -merous.

Origin of -mer

From the Greek word méros part, portion

Other definitions for -mer (2 of 2)

mer.

abbreviation

meridian.

meridional.

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How to use -mer in a sentence

Schulze started recording after she and her husband noticed the stalled vehicle on the tracks in Mer Rouge, Louisiana.
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That trial unveiled financing links between the Cercle Wagram and the Brise de Mer, a Corsican organized crime group.
François Hollande’s Corsican Mafia Love Nest?|Tracy McNicoll|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ferracci is also a television actor who appears in “Mafiosa,” a series said to be inspired by the Brise de Mer gang.
François Hollande’s Corsican Mafia Love Nest?|Tracy McNicoll|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
La Mer . . . Crosby, Stills and Nash, Fritz Reiner, Adam Guettel.
Judy Collins's New Book: Suicide, Alcoholism, Nude Photos, and More|Joseph Finder|December 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST

I mean, vai-is-mer, if you take the liberals out of the Jews, what do you have left?
Obama Is Good for the Jews|Eric Alterman|August 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
En fin il parvint Dieppe, & apres quelque sejour il se mit en mer le 26.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
An empty stone hut beyond the mer de glace gave them shelter for the night.
Rudy and Babette|Hans Christian Andersen
Before they left, they presented me with a quantity of bêche-de-mer, or sea-slugs, which make most excellent soup.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont
A-my thought there was no place like Grand-ma's for her sum-mer va-ca-tion.
Pages for Laughing Eyes|Unknown
We walked quickly over the Mer de Glace, and in about three hours came to the difficult part.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for -mer (1 of 2)

-mer

suffix forming nouns

chem denoting a substance of a particular classmonomer; polymer

Word Origin for -mer

from Greek meros part

British Dictionary definitions for -mer (2 of 2)

mer.

abbreviation for

meridian

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